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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,…

CPRP holds repeal PTA protest and addresses High Commissioner Michelle Bachelet in a letter

By Editor March 4, 2022Events, International, Local, News, slider

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),…

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…

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…

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…

Prisoners’ rights group chair to raise Lankan Situation on that day

By Editor April 8, 2019Articles, International

Chairman of the Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners, Attorney-at-Law Senaka Perera will be raising the issue of the myriad incidents, of torture, cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment and punishment…

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