Human Rights Watch: Sri Lanka - No Justice for 'Trinco 5'
July 08, 2019
July 08, 2019
NEW YORK, July 8 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- Magistrate Acquits 13 Police for 'Lack of Evidence'
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A magistrate in the northeastern town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, acquitted all 13 defendants in the execution of five ethnic Tamil students on January 2, 2006, known as the "Trinco Five" case, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On July 3, 2019, the magistrate acquitted 12 mem . . .
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- Magistrate Acquits 13 Police for 'Lack of Evidence'
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A magistrate in the northeastern town of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, acquitted all 13 defendants in the execution of five ethnic Tamil students on January 2, 2006, known as the "Trinco Five" case, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said today. On July 3, 2019, the magistrate acquitted 12 mem . . .