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2012 Welikada Prison riots IP Rangajeewa and two others indicted

By Editor October 20, 2019Local

Retired Prisons Additional Director V.K. Kudabandara testifying as the second witness before the three-Judge Bench of the Colombo High Court in the case related to the deaths of eight inmates…

Gota’s pledge to release suspects: Fresh hell for victims?

By Editor October 13, 2019Articles

A pledge made by SLPP Presidential Candidate GotabayaRajapaksa at his maiden rally in Anuradhapura last week, that he would acquit and release ‘war heroes’ being held on ‘baseless’ charges on…

Prisoner voting rights EC to discuss with Party Secys

By Editor October 10, 2019Events

The Elections Secretariat, whilst acknowledging that there are practical issues with regard to implementing the right to vote afforded to convicts imprisoned for under two years, informed the Committee for…

බන්ධනාගාර රැදවියන් ඝාතනය වීමේ පොදු ලක්ෂණය නම්, කිසිදු පුද්ගලයෙක් “වැරදිකරුවෙක්” නොවීමයි – නීතිඥ සේනක පෙරේරා (සිරකරු අයිතිවාසිකම් සුරකීමේ කමිටුව)

By Editor September 7, 2019ලිපි

https://youtu.be/MUwwjy6fDPs?list=PLE_JmGVZ16HZZWYFhwl_JcDmCadeICA8W බන්ධනාගාර රැදවියන් ඝාතනය වීමේ පොදු ලක්ෂණය නම්, කිසිදු පුද්ගලයෙක් “වැරදිකරුවෙක්”නොවීමයි - නීතිඥ සේනක පෙරේරා (සිරකරු අයිතිවාසිකම් සුරකීමේ කමිටුව) බන්ධනාගාර තුල සිදුවන වධහිංසා වල උපරිම ඵලය වන්නේ එහි සිදුවන ඝාතන. මෙම…

Dealing With The Death Penalty: The Fallout From Reimposition

By Editor August 14, 2019Articles

The unexpected question caught Samadhi* (22) off guard, and she paused a moment before answering. The composure she had displayed thus far cracked, and her eyes welled up. “People make mistakes,”…

CPRP to commence campaign

By Editor August 2, 2019Local

The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) will commence a campaign to put forward a series of demands of prisoners, pertaining to their rights, with the view to ascertaining…

Prisoners’ rights group call for mechanism to grant those in remand the right to vote

By Editor July 22, 2019Articles, Events

A Prisoners’ Rights group has written to the Justice Minister and the Elections Commission (EC) requesting for a mechanism to grant suspects in remand custody the right to vote. The Committee…

Pardoning convicts President engaging in cronyism – CPRP

By Editor July 19, 2019Articles

By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody The Committee to Protect Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) claimed that President Maithripala Sirisena was engaging in a form of cronyism and nepotism, in the granting of…

Universal franchise for prisoners CPRP asks EC to implement programme

By Editor July 19, 2019Articles, Local

The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP), yesterday (17), requested the Election Commission (EC) to create and implement a practical programme of action, to allow suspects-cum-prisoners the right…

Key eyewitness, lawyer threatened with death

By Editor June 2, 2019News, Uncategorized

The witness plays a vital role in concluding the verdict of any case. Hence, it’s very important to ensure the safety of witnesses. The continuing practice of victim and witness…

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