{
  "id": 14597818,
  "title": "No force used to make Gnanasara Thera wear prison garb – Prisons",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/no-force-used-to-make-gnanasara-thera-wear-prison-garb-prisons",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T00:00:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/no-force-used-to-make-gnanasara-thera-wear-prison-garb-prisons/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Department of Prisons yesterday denied allegations by former Minister Udaya Gammanpila that Ven. Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara Thera had been forced to wear a prison uniform at Welikada Prison. Gammanpila, speaking at a press conference in Colombo on October 12, alleged that the monk had been compelled to wear prison attire despite objections from both […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Island Sri Lanka",
        "title": "AC President recuses himself from hearing prison attire case pertaining to Gnanasara Thera",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/ac-president-recuses-himself-from-hearing-prison-attire-case",
        "published": "2026-10-15T00:05:43.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Prisons dept probing water shortage, poor hygiene claims at Kajang prison",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/prisons-dept-probing-water-shortage-poor-hygiene-claims-at-kajang",
        "published": "2026-10-15T04:50:00.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}