Govt. urged to compensate families of inmates killed during prison riots
by Shamindra Ferdinando The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) yesterday (23) said that the Justice and National Integration Ministry was yet to respond to their request for adequate compensation for the 22 suspects who died during the Negombo Prison riot on 5 and 6 July. Executive Director of CPRP Attorney-at-law Senaka Perera told The […]
The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has urged the Justice and National Integration Ministry to provide adequate compensation to the families of 22 inmates who died during the Negombo Prison riots on July 5 and 6. The CPRP's Executive Director, Attorney-at-law Senaka Perera, made a formal request to Justice and National Integration Minister Harshana Nanayakkara on July 21, which was subsequently forwarded to President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
Perera stated that President Dissanayake had declared the government should take responsibility for those held in prisons. Despite the President's declaration, the CPRP has yet to receive a response from the Ministry. CPRP spokesman Perera emphasized that the wounded prisoners, most of whom are suspects, should also be compensated.
The families of the deceased prison officers killed during the riots have already received compensation, as per the Agrahara Insurance Scheme of the National Insurance Trust Fund. The CPRP has called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the deaths, including the denial of emergency assistance from the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka.
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