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Call for immediate action on assault of prisoners at Angunakolapalessa Prison in Sri Lanka

Call for immediate action on assault of prisoners at Angunakolapalessa Prison in Sri Lanka

By Editor April 8, 2019Articles, Interviews, Local

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8pyD7EW0AI On 16th January 2019,leaked video footage was released to the media, showing brutal and systematic assault on detainees at the Angunakolapalessa prison in the Southern Province in Sri Lanka. The…

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

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…