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1000 prisoners want death sentence made life sentence

13 Sep 2021

  • CPRP sends letter to President on National Prisoners’ Day
By Pamodi Waravita The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has written to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on National Prisoners’ Day, which fell yesterday (12), requesting that, as per the demands of over 1,000 prisoners who are facing the death penalty, their jail term be changed to a life sentence.  “Prisoners who have been given the death penalty and those who are currently serving a life sentence held a nine-day long hunger strike in December 2020, demanding a change to their sentences. Thus, prisoners who have been sentenced to death demanded that they be sentenced to life instead, whilst those who are currently serving a life term demanded a 20-year prison sentence. At the time, State Minister of Prison Management and Prisoners’ Rehabilitation Lohan Ratwatte promised that this relief will be granted to prisoners before the next Vesak Poya day. However, he is yet to do so,” said the CPRP.  According to the CPRP, when former Minister Duminda Silva was released in June this year, just five years after he was sentenced to death, a large number of prisoners held an eight-day hunger strike, demanding that they all be treated the same and be given the same reliefs.  “Furthermore, since the Prisons Ordinance and other related regulations are not periodically reviewed every four years, as they should be, prisoners face a serious injustice. Due to this, some who should have received relief, have now been in prison for over 20 years. Some of their families have now even disowned them, whilst some others face severe mental anguish,” said the letter.  The CPRP has reminded the administration that all prisoners are human beings, and have urged that necessary relief be granted to all of them, including the four-year review of the Prisons’ Ordinance.

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