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Four more inmates join protest at Welikada prison
Four more inmates at the Welikada Prison have begun protesting against the President's decision to pardon a death row prisoner convicted of murdering a Swedish youth in 2005.
The protest launched by two death row inmates atop a building at the prison on Monday is also underway.
President Maithripala Sirisena, last week, pardoned Anthony Jayamaha who was convicted of murdering 19-year-old Swedish national Yvonne Jonsson.
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