Kalutara prison riots
The Kalutara Prison Riots occurred on December 12, 1997, at the high-security prison in Kalutara, Sri Lanka. Three minority Tamil political prisoners were killed by majority Sinhalese prisoners. No one has yet been convicted for these crimes.
Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka |
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Gal Oya (1956) |
1958 pogrom |
1977 pogrom |
Black July (1983) |
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