A petition has been filed in the Court of Appeal seeking to quash a letter issued by the Attorney General to the CID instructing the latter to close the investigation into the deaths of 11 prisoners ...

The Committee to Protect Prisoners’ Rights marched from Colombo Fort to the Presidential Secretariat, demanding justice for the prisoners killed at Mahara Prison. Pix by Nisal Baduge ...

Police spokesman Ajith Rohana said guards had "used force to control an unruly situation" in the Mahara prison. Around 1,000 cases have been reported from the country's overcrowded prisons.