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Sri Lanka rushing to appease monks while ignoring Tamil political prisoners

Sri Lanka rushing to appease monks while ignoring Tamil political prisoners by Thara Mon, 02/11/2026 - 11:50 Body Rev Fr M Sathivel Rev Fr M Sathivel, coordinator of the National Organisation for the Release of Political Prisoners, has accused Sri Lanka’s National People’s Power (NPP) government of moving swiftly to appease Sinhala Buddhist opinion over the jailed monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara while doing nothing to free Tamil political prisoners it pledged to release. In a media statement issued on Thursday (29 October), Sathivel asked whether the government’s failure to keep its promise am…