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A Request to the President and Relevant Authorities for an Impartial and Transparent Investigation into the Negombo Prison Incident

By media coordinator August 22, 2026Local

When the case regarding the unfortunate incident at the Negombo Prison was called before the court again, the parents, wives, children, and other relatives of the deceased inmates, along with…

CPRP Legal Team Seeking to Ensure Safety of Inmates Transferred from Negombo Prison to Welikada Obstructed by Prison Authorities

By media coordinator July 13, 2026Local, News

Following the recent violent clash inside the Negombo Prison, a legal team from the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) visited Welikada Prison today to directly look into the…

Conduct an Independent Investigation into the Suspicious Death of 29-Year-Old Tharuka Viraj CPRP Urges IGP to Immediately Ensure Safety of Key Witness

By media coordinator June 26, 2026Local

The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) urges Inspector General of Police (IGP) Priyantha Weerasooriya to immediately conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the suspicious death of 29-year-old…

Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) presents facts to the UN Human Rights Council regarding human rights violations in Sri Lanka and the injustice of the Prevention of Terrorism Act

By media coordinator June 26, 2026International

The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has presented its views and reports to the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) regarding human rights violations,…

Even in the Case of Trishan, Who Died by Welikanda Police Gunfire, Investigating Officers Exploit Victims – CPRP Expresses Strong Protest

By media coordinator June 25, 2026Local

The magisterial inquiry into the killing of the youth named Trishan, who lost his life due to gunfire by the Welikanda Police in the Welikanda, Galkanda area on January 12th,…

Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners in a Discussion with Jaffna Prison Officials

By media coordinator May 22, 2026Local

We, the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP), recently visited the Jaffna Prison and engaged in a special discussion with its officials During the meeting, the prison officials explained…

Brito Fernando Honored with the 2026 ‘Per Anger’ International Prize: Official Congratulations from the Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP).

By Editor March 26, 2026News

The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) marks with great pride the awarding of the "2026 Per Anger" International Prize to Mr. Brito Fernando. This prestigious recognition honors his…

Writ Petition Filed Against Illegal Deployment of STF Officers Inside Boossa Prison

By Editor March 24, 2026Local, News

The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) and a group of inmates detained at the Boossa Prison have filed a writ petition before the Court of Appeal against…

ගෝනපීනුවල කපිල කුමාර අතුරුදහන් කිරීමේ සිද්ධියට එරෙහිව CPRP අලුත්කඩේ පිහිටි ගරු අභියාචනාධිකරණයට

By Editor March 17, 2026Local

2024 වසරේදී හොරොව්පතාන ප්‍රදේශයේදී බලහත්කාරයෙන් අතුරුදහන් කිරීමට ලක්වූ ගෝනපීනුවල කපිල කුමාර යන අයගේ මූලික අයිතිවාසිකම් සුරක්ෂිත කිරීම වෙනුවෙන් සිරකරු අයිතිවාසිකම් සුරැකීමේ කමිටුව (CPRP) අද දින අලුත්කඩේ පිහිටි ගරු අභියාචනාධිකරණය හමුවේ රිට් (Writ)…

වැලිකන්දේ තරුණ ඝාතනයේ සාක්ෂිකරුවන්ට සහ නීතිඥයින්ට එල්ල වන පොලිස් බලපෑම් පිළිබඳ CPRP දැඩි අවධානය – යුක්තිය ඉටුකරන ලෙස සිරකරු අයිතිවාසිකම් සුරැකීමේ කමිටුව අදාළ බලධාරීන්ගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටියි

By Editor March 4, 2026Local, News

පසුගියදා වැලිකන්ද ප්‍රදේශයේදී පොලිස් වෙඩි ප්‍රහාරයකින් තරුණයෙකු මියයාමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන් පවතින නඩු විභාගයේ සාක්ෂිකරුවන්ට සහ නීතිඥයින්ට දැඩි ලෙස බලපෑම් එල්ල වෙමින් පවතින බව සිරකරු අයිතිවාසිකම් සුරැකීමේ කමිටුව (CPRP) අනාවරණය කරයි.…

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