The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) will be putting forward five demands to the…
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2012 Welikada Prison riots IP Rangajeewa and two others indicted
Retired Prisons Additional Director V.K. Kudabandara testifying as the second witness before the three-Judge Bench of…
CPRP to commence campaign
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) will commence a campaign to put forward a…
Universal franchise for prisoners CPRP asks EC to implement programme
The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP), yesterday (17), requested the Election Commission (EC)…
Welikada Prison riot in 2012
The Welikada prison riot in 2012 killed around 20 inmates leaving more than 15 injured, yet…
Lawyers group throws down the gauntlet
The Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) organisation announced that they would if necessary challenge President Maithripala Sirisena’s…
Indian Law Commission recommends abolition
The Law Commission of India whilst recommending the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes…
No more a deterrent than life imprisonment Law Comm. of India
By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody The Law Commission of India noted that the death penalty does not…
Call for immediate action on assault of prisoners at Angunakolapalessa Prison in Sri Lanka
On 16th January 2019,leaked video footage was released to the media, showing brutal and systematic assault on…