Welikada Prison report- UNP demands special parliamentary debate
He cautioned that the failure of the government to release the report would compel victims and civil society groups to go to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, over the issue.
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anuary 19, 2014
anuary 19, 2014
The United National Party said it would demand a special parliamentary debate on the report of the Welikada Prison riot, and insisted that the government presents the report to Parliament.
UNP Parliamentarian, Lakshman Kiriellla, said his Party would call for a Parliament debate on the findings in the Commission report, describing them as ridiculous.
He said the leaked findings of the Commission, which has concluded that the slain prisoners were killed by the prisoners themselves, were a cover-up.
“Some of those dead prisoners were handcuffed,” he noted.
The report of the three-member Commission, some of which conclusions had been leaked to the media by the Minister of Prison Reforms, Chandrasiri Gajadeera, had also stated that the lack of experience in using firearms by the prisoners as well as personal vendettas had caused the deaths of the prisoners.
While 27 prisoners were killed in the Welikada Prison riot in November 2012, some are alleged to have been summarily executed by the police and the Special Task Force (STF) after the riot was quelled, the MP alleged.
He said the UNP has already demanded that the report of the Commission be tabled in Parliament, and they will call for a special parliamentary debate on the same.
He further alleged that the government was trying to conceal the report.
UNP Parliamentarian, Lakshman Kiriellla, said his Party would call for a Parliament debate on the findings in the Commission report, describing them as ridiculous.
He said the leaked findings of the Commission, which has concluded that the slain prisoners were killed by the prisoners themselves, were a cover-up.
“Some of those dead prisoners were handcuffed,” he noted.
The report of the three-member Commission, some of which conclusions had been leaked to the media by the Minister of Prison Reforms, Chandrasiri Gajadeera, had also stated that the lack of experience in using firearms by the prisoners as well as personal vendettas had caused the deaths of the prisoners.
While 27 prisoners were killed in the Welikada Prison riot in November 2012, some are alleged to have been summarily executed by the police and the Special Task Force (STF) after the riot was quelled, the MP alleged.
He said the UNP has already demanded that the report of the Commission be tabled in Parliament, and they will call for a special parliamentary debate on the same.
He further alleged that the government was trying to conceal the report.
He cautioned that the failure of the government to release the report would compel victims and civil society groups to go to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, over the issue.
