The CPRP have been representing the family of the dead Kadurugasara Open Camp prisoner, H. Lalith…
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CPRP joins TNA signatory campaign to Repeal PTA
On the 15th of February the CPRP joined the protest and signature campaign to repeal the…
CPRP holds repeal PTA protest and addresses High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet in a letter
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners with the kind attendance of the family members of…
Rights group questions continuing deaths in police custody
By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney-at-law Senaka Perera says that the death of persons taken into custody by…
BASL, Rights group concerned over custodial deaths
By Pamodi Waravita The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) and the Bar Association…
STF deployment to prisons brought to notice of UN by rights groups
By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody Unlike the staff of the Department of Prisons, Special Task Force (STF)…
Lawyers complain against AG’s Co-ord Secy
In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice, the Attorney General and the President of the…
Lawyers request the Chief Justice to conduct an inquiry over State Counsel Nishara’s ‘NGO’ comments
The attempt by the Attorney General’s Department to label attorneys appearing on behalf of the victims…
Families and Attorneys to form collective
The Attorneys-At-Law (AALs) appearing for the aggrieved party in the recent Mahara Prison incident, namely the…
Fear Grips Inmates as COVID-19 Spreads in Overcrowded Prisons
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan On seeing the congestion in Sri Lankan prisons and the imminent threat…