Showing posts with label COVID-19 in prisons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label COVID-19 in prisons. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2020

At least one prisoner killed in Sri Lanka's Mahara prison

At least one prisoner was shot dead while some others were injured in Mahara prison in Sri Lanka's Gampaha district. The authorities claim the shooting has taken place due to an escape attempt. 

Remand prisoners in congested prisons in Sri Lanka agitate demanding release on bail. The chaos continued in Mahara prison in the evening. Police Special Task Force was deployed for suppression.   

Monday, November 23, 2020

Died prisoner diagnosed with COVID-19 in Sri Lanka

An elderly prisoner died in a hospital was diagnosed with COVID-19. The 82-year-old prisoner of Mahara prison in Gampaha district died in Ragama hospital. He was a cancer patient but a PCR conducted after his death was reported positive, prison sources said. 

The number of COVID-19 persons in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons is around 700 now.

White handkerchief marks protest against forcible cremation by the government of Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan civil society is silently but strongly marking their protest against the government's inhuman  forcible  cremation of a 20-da...