ECPM alarmed by the statements of the President of Sri Lanka
1 October 2018
Why does the current situation worry ECPM? ECPM is extremely occupied by what has been going on in Sri Lanka and specifically the declarations of the President Sirisena announced this past summer. The President confirmed his wish to hang all the inmates sentenced to the death penalty in Sri Lanka for drug dealing. Therefore 19 people risk this execution. Simultaneously to this declaration, the prison administration of this country published a job offer for executioners. The last execution dating back to more than 40 years ago, their career had become obsolete, and all executioners had quit.
