Grâce de Noël : 1000 prisonniers libérés au Sri Lanka
Lundi, un responsable de l'administration pénitentiaire a annoncé qu'un peu plus d'un millier de prisonniers ont été graciés par le président du Sri Lanka à l'occasion de Noël.
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00:00 On Monday, a penitentiary administration official announced that a little over a thousand
00:04 prisoners were pardoned by the Sri Lankan president on Christmas.
00:08 When presidential grace rhymes with Christmas, 1,004 prisoners were released in Sri Lanka
00:13 on the occasion of the Christian holiday, said Monday, December 25, a penitentiary administration
00:18 official.
00:19 Among the released people on Monday are Sri Lankans detained for unpaid fines,
00:24 said this official, Gamini Disaneyak.
00:27 Sri Lanka, mostly populated by Buddhists, had announced a collective amnesty in May
00:33 on the day of the Vesak, marking the birth, the state of enlightenment and the death of
00:37 Buddha.
00:38 Overcrowded prison.
00:39 During the previous Christmas week, the Sri Lankan police conducted a large-scale anti-drug
00:44 operation, criticized by human rights activists for the absence of legal mandates and prior
00:49 investigations.
00:50 Nearly 13,700 alleged traffickers were arrested as well as 1,100 consumers who will have
00:55 to submit to a detoxification program in army centers, said
00:59 Sunday the police.
01:00 The operation must resume from December 27, according to authorities.
01:06 The prisons of the insular state are notably known to be overcrowded.
01:10 There are about 30,000 prisoners in infrastructures designed for 11,000 people, according to
01:15 official figures arrested last Friday.