Welikada inmates atop rooftop call off hunger strike

June 26, 2021 03:48 pm

The inmates who were engaged in a hunger strike on top of the Chapel Ward at Welikada Prison have called off their protest today, says the Prisons Spokesman.

On June 24, a group of inmates at Mahara Prison hadcommenced an indefinite fast-unto-death urging the authorities to commute their death sentences to life imprisonment.

Following suit, a group of inmates on death row at Welikada Prison also launched a hunger strike.

Later, showing support to their fellow inmates on protest, another of Welikada prisoners on Friday (June 25) began a fast-unto-death.

Meanwhile, a Boossa Prison inmate who is on death sentence also decided to join the cause by going on a hunger strike from today (June 26).

Mahara & Welikada death-row inmates’ hunger strikes continue
Jun 25th, 2021

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