Anti-Tamil pogroms in Sri Lanka |
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Gal Oya (1956) |
1958 pogrom |
1977 pogrom |
1981 pogrom |
Black July (1983) |
The Welikada Prison Massacre took place during the 1983 Black July pogrom against Sri Lankan Tamil minority in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Fifty-three prisoners were killed inside a high-security prison.[1] No one has been convicted of crimes relating to these incidents.[2]