A protest was held yesterday in Kilinochchi by relatives of several political prisoners including S. Kalaranjani, mother of a political prisoner, Babu, who is being held in Jaffna Prison for 7 years without any trial.

Kalaranjani expressed that the government’s promise to Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on releasing political prisoners has not been kept. The government has to release them under the common pardon as promised. TNA has not taken necessary steps to make this happen, she also said.

She further pointed out that since the promise was made to the leaders of the TNA, they have to start discussing this issue.

A special letter which includes all of their requests was handed over to TNA’s Kilinochchi MP S. Sridharan, who visited the protest.