CPRP joins TNA signatory campaign to Repeal PTA
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)…
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 those arrested under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act No. 48 of 1979 (PTA),…
PTF On Building A Secure Country, Disciplined, Virtuous & Lawful Society: Complaints Lodged With HRCSL
A complaint has been lodged with the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka against the Presidential Task Force to build a Secure Country, Disciplined, Virtuous and Lawful Society. On 2…
JSC green lights release of certain prisoners
The Judicial Service Commission in a circular issued today (26) has laid down guidelines to be observed when exercising judicial discretion with regard to releasing prisoners who have been granted…
Prisons Ordinance doesn’t prohibit private hospital treatment – CPRP
The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) pointed out that there was no provision in the Prisons Ordinance that prevented a suspect in remand custody from seeking treatment…
Over anonymous petition alleging underworld involvement: Prisoners’ rights group secy summoned to CID
Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners General Secretary, Sudesh Nandimal Silva was yesterday (21) summoned to the Criminal Investigation Department to record a statement in connection with an anonymous…
Prisoner voting rights EC to discuss with Party Secys
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…
Prisoners’ rights group call for mechanism to grant those in remand the right to vote
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…
Lawyers group throws down the gauntlet
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…
Study proposes experts’ discussion
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…