Negombo prison riot compensation: Rights group accuses govt. of discrimination
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By Shamindra Ferdinando The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) yesterday said that families of remand prisoners killed in Negombo prison riot hadn't been paid compensation. Speaking on behalf of the committee attorney-at-la.
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- —By Shamindra Ferdinando The Committee for Protecting Rights of Prisoners (CPRP) yesterday said that families of remand prisoners killed in Negombo prison riot hadn't been paid compensation.
- —Speaking on behalf of the committee attorney-at-law Senaka Perera yesterday told The Island that none of the dead inmates were covicts.
- —Twenty-one remand prisoners and ten prison officers [].
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