Sri Lanka frees prisoners to mark Buddhist holiday
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe ordered the e early release of nearly 1,000 prisoners to mark the island’s main Buddhist holiday, the prisons chief said Saturday. The pardons on Vesak Day, which commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death, applied only to those convicted of minor offences, said Commissioner-General Thushara Upuldeniya.”We released these inmates from…