The Committee for Protecting the Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) has written to the Country Representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), urging the latter to immediately visit the Angunakolapelessa Prison for an urgent assessment of the Covid-19 situation within it.
The letter, as seen by The Morning, states that the tensions at the Angunakolapelessa Prison due to fears of Covid-19 in the past few weeks is part of the crisis in all prisons in the country, and as such the CPRP is urging immediate ICRC-led inspections at the Angunakolapelessa Prison and all other prisons.
The CPRP has also requested the ICRC to provide relief and preventive measures to prisoners in order to maintain a dialogue with both the prisoners and their family members on the said measures, and also to make an effective plan to ensure the regularity of prison visits.
On 5 May, in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, the CPRP had also appealed to President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to ensure the protection of all prisoners.
The Covid-19 virus affected over 1,000 prisoners in 2020. In November 2020, unrest was reported at the Mahara Prison complex, following rising fears among inmates over the rapid spread of Covid-19 within the prison complex.
The unrest ultimately resulted in 11 deaths and 108 injured inmates, where media reports show that prison guards had opened fire on the prisoners. Prisoners at the Welikada and Angunakolapelessa Prisons also held protests regarding the Covid-19 situation in the days preceding the Mahara Prison unrest.
Prisoners’ rights group urges Red Cross intervention
11 May 2021
Prisoners’ rights group urges Red Cross intervention
11 May 2021
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