Tag: Justice

How Justice Was Derailed After the Muttur Massacre

FOCUS CIR Web Editor -
JAFFNA, Sri Lanka — It was around 4:15 in the afternoon of Aug. 4, 2006. The men who came through...

Overcrowding, drugs and system failures fueled Sri Lanka’s deadliest prison riot

Big Story CIR Web Editor -
Speed Read: The Negombo Prison riot became one of Sri Lanka's deadliest prison disturbances in decades with 28 fatalities. Authorities are...

Death Behind Bars

Pluralism/ Social Cohesion CIR Web Editor -
By Aanya Wipulasena With overcrowding, more than double the capacity, and dire states, Sri Lanka’s prisons have become a ‘living...