April 2019 - cprp

Lawyers group throws down the gauntlet

By Editor April 10, 2019Events, Local

The Lawyers for Democracy (LfD) organisation announced that they would if necessary challenge President Maithripala Sirisena’s proposed lifting of the moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty imposed on…

Several RTI requests filed

By Editor April 10, 2019International

Several right to information (RTI) requests have been filed seeking information pertaining to those facing potential execution on a Presidential decree. The information requests filed by two journalists on…

Indian Law Commission recommends abolition

By Editor April 10, 2019Local

The Law Commission of India whilst recommending the abolition of the death penalty for all crimes other than terrorism related offences and waging war, expressed hope that the movement towards…

Study proposes experts’ discussion

By Editor April 10, 2019Events, Press Conference

A sociological research conducted on the death penalty in the country has proposed that experts from different fields such as criminology, psychology, religion and law and order should have a…

Report to OHCHR’s Spl Rapporteur on torture

By Editor April 10, 2019International, Interviews

The Sri Lanka-based Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) presented a special report on the violations of the human rights of prisoners and the local authorities’conduct in this regard,…

Prez Secy refuses RTI request

By Editor April 10, 2019Events, International

A right to information (RTI) request, filed with the Secretary to the President, Udaya Ranjith Seneviratne, seeking information pertaining to those facing execution, was denied. An appeal has since been…

CPRP to meet UN delegation

By Editor April 10, 2019Interviews, Press Conference

The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has been provided with an opportunity tomorrow (4) to meet the visiting United Nations (UN) Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) delegation.…

UN SPT delegation apprised of issues

By Editor April 10, 2019Articles, International

The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP), which met the visiting United Nations Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture delegation, had apprised the latter on a multitude of…

No more a deterrent than life imprisonment Law Comm. of India

By Editor April 8, 2019Local

By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody The Law Commission of India noted that the death penalty does not serve the penological goal of deterrence any more than life imprisonment. In their August…

Call for immediate action on assault of prisoners at Angunakolapalessa Prison in Sri Lanka

By Editor April 8, 2019Articles, Interviews, Local

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8pyD7EW0AI On 16th January 2019,leaked video footage was released to the media, showing brutal and systematic assault on detainees at the Angunakolapalessa prison in the Southern Province in Sri Lanka. The…

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