Reports showed inmates at the Welikada prison protesting from the roof of a building at the prison premises.

"Another example of selective, arbitrary granting of pardons that weakens rule of law and undermines accountability"

"We regret the lack of progress on these issues, with a number of further concerning developments," the core group said.

"The Government of Sri Lanka (GoSL) is revisiting provisions in the PTA as has already been communicated to the EU."

The party said the EU resolution is yet another foreign policy failure of the Sri Lanka government.

The EU expressed deep concern over  Sri Lanka's "alarming path towards the recurrence of grave human rights violations"

Almost all prisons in Sri Lanka are overcrowded making it impossible for the authorities to control an outbreak within.

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