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 ...