Welikada killings

Image: 27 prisoners were shot to death on that day. On last Wednesday, the testimony of prosecution witness, Former Assistant Superintendent P.W. Kudabandara before the Special Trial at Bar set up to probe into the Welikada prison massacre stunned the packed courthouse. Appearing before the court at its second hearing, the Former Assistant Superintendent of the […]

By Puyumi Fonseka. Prison Department’s Rehabilitation Commissioner and Magazine Prison’s former Superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewage and Police Narcotics Bureau (PNB) Inspector Moses Rangajeewa Newamal are extolled as ‘heroes’ by some groups in our society for their alleged involvement into the killing of 27 inmates in Welikada Prison on November 09 and 10, 2012. Certain groups […]

Image: Activists protest in front of the prison calling for justice for the massacre. (SLB photo) By S.S. Selvanayagam. The Attorney General yesterday assured that the investigation into the alleged killing of 27 inmates of the Welikada Prison in December 2012 would be conducted in a transparent manner, following which a progress report will be […]

By Chandani Kirinde. The deployment of a staggering number of 798 armed STF personnel to conduct a search of two wards of the Welikada Prisons in November 2012, in violation of all laid down procedure to be followed when Prison premises are searched, led to the riot there which resulted in the death of 27 […]

by Ashanthi Warunasuirya. As the authorities continue investigations into the Welikada prison massacre, more eyewitnesses have come forward to reveal information about the incident. Hewadalugodage Sahan Sri, an eyewitness to the incident who has since fled the country, spoke to The Sunday Leader on what he saw. He had been arrested in 2007 under the […]

  Read the petition filed by former inmate Sudesh Silva:PR pettion Welikada killings The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Pujith Jayasundara has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to conduct a further investigation into the 2012 Welikada Prison riot. The order was given following the recommendations of the three-member committee appointed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. […]

Image: Victims of the prison massacre . Prime Minster Wickremesinghe tabled the report in parliament on Welikada prison killings and promised to bring the killers to book  on 7th February. A  Committee headed by retired High Court Judge Nimal Nambuwasam and comprising retired Senior DIG Ashoka Wijethilake and retired Administrative Officer S. K. Liyanage was […]

By Committee For Protecting Rights Of Prisoners. Introduction & summary In November 2012, 27 inmates at the Welikada Prison, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, were reported as killed by the Army and the Special Task Force (STF) following what was reported as a search operation leading to a riot. 43 persons have also been reported as […]

By Niranjala Ariyawansha. In a shocking revelation, the Committee of Inquiry into the Prison Incident (CIPI), appointed to investigate the gruesome Welikada Prison incident, finds that what occurred on 9 November 2012 was in gross violation of widely accepted basic Human Rights of the prisoners. Thus, it recommends, based on the material that surfaced during […]

( Some of the prisoners who were allegedly massacred at the Welikada Prison in Colombo) By Ashanthi Warunasuriya. The 2012 Welikada prison riot which left 27 dead and many more injured was a horrific incident of human rights violation that became the subject of intense discussion both locally and internationally. Today, it has once again […]

The report on the 2012 Welikada prison riots has been handed over to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to launch fresh criminal investigations into the incident, Minister of Justice, Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe told the Sunday Observer. The Committee of Inquiry into the Prison Incident 2012 (CIPI), appointed by Rajapakshe in January this year, to inquire […]

(Welikada prison riots in 2012) Friday Forum has requested president Sirisena to make public report of the committee to inquire into the Welikada prison riots in 2012 and the interim report of the Presidential Commission to Investigate into Complaints regarding Missing Persons (Paranagama Commission) without any delay. The statement issued by the Friday Forum regading […]

The report of the three-member committee appointed to probe the Welikada Prison riots which occurred on November 09 in 2012, has released to media today (25) From the report the committee has recommended a payment of compensation to the families of the deceased persons and those who were injured in the incident. Justice Minister Wijedasa […]

Welikada Prison massacre inquiry report is no less than a whitewash. Here is one palpable case as to why internal investigations conducted by the incumbent government are not worth their salt. The internal inquiry commissioned by Prison Reforms Minister, Chandrasiri Gajadeera, into the massacre at the Welikada Prison in 2012 has now ruled that the […]

Unarmed prisoners shot dead Ceylon Today editorial In an editorial in the aftermath of the riots that broke out in the Welikada Prison in November 2012, which left 27 inmates dead and scores injured, we said, “Such a catastrophic security breakdown in the prison system is appalling and the callous and unprofessional way in which this […]

A prisoner  killed in November 2012 in Welikada Prison, Colombo ”The Friday Forum urges you to make public the findings of the Committee appointed by the Hon. Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms, to investigate the events that took place in the Welikada prison, Colombo, in November 2012 resulting, in the death of some 27 […]

29 Prisoners were killed  The Welikada prison riot report is expected to be handed over to the Minister of Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Chandrasiri Gajadeera this week.The Minister said that the recommendations of the report will be made available to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay if she so requires it. Gajadeera, […]

The Government has failed to follow up on the report on investigations on the Welikada prison riots that killed 27 inmates on November 9 last year.A three-member committee was appointed the following day to investigate into the incident and the report was scheduled to be handed over to President Mahinda Rajapaksa within a period of […]

(Lanka-e-News-) The brutal and Barbaric despots MaRa and his brothers have freed yet another murderer from the prison. On the 16th of December, Dolpin Chandhana alias Watthe Chandana had been sent home after he was released by the Attorney general (AG) following withdrawal of the charges against him on the ground that there are no […]

Commissioner P W Kodipilly Lanka e news inside information service had been able to identify the three prisoners who were covered with cloths and taken out clandestinely from the Welikade prison and dispatched by the army ‘Buffel’ vehicle on the day of the prison clash . They are: 1. Ratnayake Siriyalage Thushara of 38, Madiwela […]

Lanka e News- Were Welikade prisoners abducted during the clash ? 100 missing and Registers lost:After the mass murders that were committed at the Welikade prison on 9th November following a sudden raid that was conducted pursuant to the illegal orders issued by Gotabaya , some of the suspects detained in the prison pending murder […]

Cold blooded murder – A prisoner shot dead While the Human Rights Commission said they were awaiting the report of the Commission appointed to inquire into the alleged massacre at the Welikada Prison on November 9, opposition parties yesterday said many questions had been raised as to the progress of the report.The Commission appointed by […]

Peaceful protest of students attacked by SL security forces , Jaffna 27 Nov REMEMBERING THE DEAD RITES AND RIGHTS OF THE LIVING .Bishop Duleep de ChickeraThe recent tensions in Jaffna between university students and security personnel, in which a student protest was baton charged, a journalist assaulted and some students arrested and detained, centres around […]

Welikada killings – Cold blooded murder Jayantha Sri NissankaMore and more incriminating evidence of summary executions of inmates in the Welikada Prison by the Police Special Task Force (STF) and a special police unit (SPU) that took place after the army commandos took full control of the prison on the night of November 9 have […]

The mother of Wijaya Rohana alias ‘Gundu’ believes the death of her son in Welikada prison recently was not accidental. M. Siriyawathi says that her son called her from a mobile telephone at around 8 p.m. and told her about what was going on inside Colombo’s prison complex. ‘Gundu’ had told her that there were […]

‘we fear for our lives’ they saySeveral prison inmates who witnessed the Welikada Prison riots are urging for an impartial international probe, and are prepared to give evidence vis-a-vis the killing of 11 inmates on November 10. At the prison mayhem on November 9, 27 prisoners were killed and eyewitnesses alleged that 11 inmates were […]