On the 15th of February the CPRP joined the protest and signature campaign to repeal the Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 48 of 1979, led by Tamil National Alliance (TNA)…
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners with the kind attendance of the family members of those arrested under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 48 of 1979 (PTA),…
By Shamindra Ferdinando Attorney-at-law Senaka Perera says that the death of persons taken into custody by the police cannot be justified under any circumstances. Activist Perera questioned the circumstances in…
By Pamodi Waravita The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) and the Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) yesterday (13) expressed concerns over the back to back custodial…
By Ruwan Laknath Jayakody Unlike the staff of the Department of Prisons, Special Task Force (STF) personnel, who are a commando unit of the Police which is trained in combat…
In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice, the Attorney General and the President of the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, a group of eight Lawyers, attached to the private…
The attempt by the Attorney General's Department to label attorneys appearing on behalf of the victims of the Mahara Prison riot as those who represent "NGO interests" hasbeen heavily criticised…
The Attorneys-At-Law (AALs) appearing for the aggrieved party in the recent Mahara Prison incident, namely the families of the 11 deceased prisoners, announced the formation of a collective including the…
By Sulochana Ramiah Mohan On seeing the congestion in Sri Lankan prisons and the imminent threat of COVID-19 spread to inmates and prison officials, 10 months ago, in March, the…
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has written to the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka, requesting an impartial investigation into the incident which took place at the…