A two-day riot at Sri Lanka's Negombo Prison has left at least 25 people dead and around 100 injured after clashes between ...

Indian High Commission in Colombo contacts family of inmate killed in Sri Lanka's recent prison riots amid ongoing ...

More than 100 people wounded after violence broke out at a prison in Negombo on Sunday and continued on Monday.

Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons have, for decades, been sites of recurring violence, reflecting deep structural failures ...

Wednesday 8th July, 2026 Prison riots in Negombo have claimed 27 lives including those of seven officers and left more than 100 others injured. It is believed that a clash between a group of drug ...

The country has faced criticism from human rights activists for the conditions in its prisons, including overcrowding and ...

Dularika Perera, 38, only ⁠found ⁠out her cousin was among 26 ⁠people killed in the worst Sri Lankan prison riot in years ...

The weapons, clubs and improvised wooden poles allegedly used by inmates during the recent clash inside Negombo Prison were ...

It felt like stepping into a war zone. A No Entry sign greeted us at the entrance to the road leading up to the Negombo ...

At least 31 inmates died at an Ecuador prison on Sunday afternoon after violent, armed riots broke out, authorities said. According to a statement shared by the country's prisons authority, 27 ...

An Indian national was among the inmates killed in Sri Lanka’s prison riots on Monday (July 6, 2026), Colombo-based official ...