SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-PRISONERS-AMNESTY

SRI LANKA-COLOMBO-INDEPENDENCE DAY-PRISONERS-AMNESTY

(230204) -- COLOMBO, Feb. 4, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Prisoners are released from the Welikada prison in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4, 2023. Sri Lanka released 622 prisoners on Saturday on presidential amnesty to mark the country's 75th Independence Day. (Photo by Gayan Sameera/Xinhua)

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