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If the prisoners were human Is the ruler inhuman?

O ne hundred and twenty inmates and two prison officers were injured and eleven inmates died in the clash that took place on the twenty-ninth day of November last year in the Mahara prison. However, there is no word yet on the condition of the injured. In short, the Mahara prison conflict is slowly being abandoned by the media. However, a five-member committee was appointed by Justice Minister President's Advocate Ali Sabri to look into this Mahara prison conflict. The five-member committee presented an interim report on the seventh of December last year. It said that the riots in the prisons were caused by some very reasonable demands made by the inmates. However, the committee's final report on the Mahara conflict has now been submitted to the Minister of Justice, and this article is based on that report. Committee Retired High Court Judge Sarojani Kusala Weerawardena, Chief Legal Adviser of the Ministry of Justice President's Advocate U.R. De Silva, Additional Secretary ...

Catching children as responsible for the Easter-Sunday Attack

  President Gotabhaya Rajapakshe initiated the Presidential Commission of Inquiry on the Easter Sunday Attacks immediately after he became the President. Since the said Commission was initiated by the President himself one could say that there is a political inclination to it. But if one says that Criminal Investigations Division that inquiries into the Easter –Sunday attack leads the investigation in a political partisan manner that allegation cannot be discarded like the previous one. It becomes a really serious allegation. Nevertheless, the said allegation is already leveled against the Criminal Investigations Department. If the investigations related to the Easter Sunday attack, which was a crucial turning point of the elections, are being conducted without transparency is it a certain group of people preparing to act out their script? Before mentioning the allegations leveled against the Criminal Investigations Department it is important to mention certain major facts about ...

The Village of Randna Pokuna burdened by micro- finance loans

  Drops of rains that fell for several nights have failed to dispel the dryness in the  environment. A train that was stopped at the train station left the station with a  hoot. Several kilometers need to be covered from the Hingurakgoda town to  reach our destination. It is namely Punagalaawa, Randana Pokunagama Village. Although it belongs to the Hingurakgoda Divisional Secretariat it is situated close  to Polonnaruwa. Whatever be its situation, reaching there is a tiring task since  the village receives public transportation according to a time table. Although we are not in search of a new story, it is a problem that has not  received a solution for a while. During the last presidential election period the  micro-financing trap was discussed on both the major platforms and solutions  thereto were promised. But up to date no solutions have been received. It does  not seem like solutions will be received either. The travel partner of this journey is none o...