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A family member of an inmate cries demanding the authorities reveal the condition of her relative as others console her outside the Mahara prison complex following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A family member of an inmate cries demanding the authorities reveal the condition of her relative as others console her outside the Mahara prison complex following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A family member of an inmate pleads lying at the feet of a policeman demanding to know the condition of her relative outside the Mahara prison complex following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A family member of an inmate pleads lying at the feet of a policeman demanding to know the condition of her relative outside the Mahara prison complex following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A fisherman sits on the top of a boat after pulling it back to land as the Cyclone Burevi is expected to near the coast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka on December 2, 2020. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)

A fisherman sits on the top of a boat after pulling it back to land as the Cyclone Burevi is expected to near the coast of Trincomalee, Sri Lanka on December 2, 2020. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)



A Sri Lankan woman prepares to give swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 9, 2020. Sri Lanka is in the midst of a new wave originating from a garment factory and the country’s main wholesale fish market, where the number of infected and deaths are increasing. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan woman prepares to give swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 9, 2020. Sri Lanka is in the midst of a new wave originating from a garment factory and the country’s main wholesale fish market, where the number of infected and deaths are increasing. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



Sri Lankan Buddhist monks march to Presidential Secretariat during a protest against burial of Covid-19 victims in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 December 2020. A group of Buddhist monks staged a protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat on 28 December against the burial of the Covid-19 victims. They say the cremation of Covid-19 should be made mandatory. Sri Lankan Muslims continue to protest against the cremation of Covid-19 victims. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks march to Presidential Secretariat during a protest against burial of Covid-19 victims in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 28 December 2020. A group of Buddhist monks staged a protest in front of the Presidential Secretariat on 28 December against the burial of the Covid-19 victims. They say the cremation of Covid-19 should be made mandatory. Sri Lankan Muslims continue to protest against the cremation of Covid-19 victims. (Photo by Chamila Karunarathne/EPA/EFE)



A Sri Lankan Christian girl wears a Santa hair band and a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus as she arrives at a church to attend the Christmas mass in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan Christian girl wears a Santa hair band and a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus as she arrives at a church to attend the Christmas mass in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, December 25, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



Inmates protest on the top of a prison building demanding to speed up their judicial process and that they be granted bail, after the number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases increased in prisons in the country, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 18, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)

Inmates protest on the top of a prison building demanding to speed up their judicial process and that they be granted bail, after the number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases increased in prisons in the country, in Colombo, Sri Lanka on November 18, 2020. (Photo by Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters)



Inmates stage a protest on the roof of the Welikada prison in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo November 18, 2020 to demand their early released from custody to avoid contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Inmates stage a protest on the roof of the Welikada prison in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo November 18, 2020 to demand their early released from custody to avoid contracting the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



A soldier takes part in a ceremony to mark Poppy Day, Remembrance Day to pay respects to fallen colleagues and war veterans from the two World Wars as well as from the internal Tamil separatist conflict, at the war memorial in Colombo on November 15, 2020. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

A soldier takes part in a ceremony to mark Poppy Day, Remembrance Day to pay respects to fallen colleagues and war veterans from the two World Wars as well as from the internal Tamil separatist conflict, at the war memorial in Colombo on November 15, 2020. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



A police officer checks vehicles in a locked-down area due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 16, 2020. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua News Agency)

A police officer checks vehicles in a locked-down area due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 16, 2020. (Photo by Ajith Perera/Xinhua News Agency)



Fishermen prepare to go out in sea in Trincomalee on December 3, 2020. Cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka overnight, rattling the island nation but leaving it relatively unscathed on its way to southern India, officials said on December 3. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)

Fishermen prepare to go out in sea in Trincomalee on December 3, 2020. Cyclone Burevi hit Sri Lanka overnight, rattling the island nation but leaving it relatively unscathed on its way to southern India, officials said on December 3. (Photo by AFP Photo/Stringer)



A Sri Lankan health official carries a test kit to inspect residents at a housing complex as they prepare to collect swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 23, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan health official carries a test kit to inspect residents at a housing complex as they prepare to collect swab samples to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, November 23, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



Sri Lanka's main opposition legislators wearing black masks and black scarfs hold torches during protest outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksas office in Colombo December 7, 2020. The opposition accused the government of the suppression of dissident using the pandemic as an excuse to curtail individual freedoms and free speech. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Sri Lanka's main opposition legislators wearing black masks and black scarfs hold torches during protest outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksas office in Colombo December 7, 2020. The opposition accused the government of the suppression of dissident using the pandemic as an excuse to curtail individual freedoms and free speech. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



Sri Lankan health officials take swab samples from a woman to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 8, 2020. The number of positive COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 28,000-mark on Tuesday after over 600 patients were detected during the previous day, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

Sri Lankan health officials take swab samples from a woman to test for COVID-19 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 8, 2020. The number of positive COVID-19 patients in Sri Lanka surpassed the 28,000-mark on Tuesday after over 600 patients were detected during the previous day, statistics from the Health Ministry showed here. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)



A group of Sri Lankan civil rights protesters holds placards during a protest remark International Human rights day in Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 10, 2020 The protesters claim justice for Mahara prison riot victims. (Photo by Akila Jayawardana/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A group of Sri Lankan civil rights protesters holds placards during a protest remark International Human rights day in Colombo, Sri Lanka on December 10, 2020 The protesters claim justice for Mahara prison riot victims. (Photo by Akila Jayawardana/NurPhoto via Getty Images)



Special Task Force (STF) personnel deploy at Mahara prison on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2020 a day after a prison riot over the surge of coronavirus infections. Intermittent gunfire rang out on November 30 at a Sri Lankan high security prison where a riot by inmates over the spread of pandemic infections left at least eight dead and 55 injured, police said. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Special Task Force (STF) personnel deploy at Mahara prison on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2020 a day after a prison riot over the surge of coronavirus infections. Intermittent gunfire rang out on November 30 at a Sri Lankan high security prison where a riot by inmates over the spread of pandemic infections left at least eight dead and 55 injured, police said. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



A Sri Lankan navy vessel at Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 13, 2020. A public viewing of ships was organized to celebrate Sri Lanka Navy's 70th anniversary at Galle Face Green from Dec. 9 to 13. (Photo by Tang Lu/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)

A Sri Lankan navy vessel at Galle Face Green in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on December 13, 2020. A public viewing of ships was organized to celebrate Sri Lanka Navy's 70th anniversary at Galle Face Green from Dec. 9 to 13. (Photo by Tang Lu/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)



Relatives check the registry of inmates warded at the Eagan's hospital, on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2020 a day after a prison riot over the surge of coronavirus infections. Sri Lankan prison guards shot dead eight inmates and wounded at least 71 others in a riot sparked by anger over rising coronavirus infections, officials said on November 30. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

Relatives check the registry of inmates warded at the Eagan's hospital, on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2020 a day after a prison riot over the surge of coronavirus infections. Sri Lankan prison guards shot dead eight inmates and wounded at least 71 others in a riot sparked by anger over rising coronavirus infections, officials said on November 30. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



White ribbons are seen tied on a fence at a cemetery as a sign of protest against the government policy of forced cremations of Muslims who die of the coronavirus, in Colombo December 14, 2020. Sri Lanka said on December 9 it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families' objections against the contentious policy. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)

White ribbons are seen tied on a fence at a cemetery as a sign of protest against the government policy of forced cremations of Muslims who die of the coronavirus, in Colombo December 14, 2020. Sri Lanka said on December 9 it would cremate the bodies of 19 Muslim coronavirus victims, overriding the families' objections against the contentious policy. (Photo by Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP Photo)



A Sri Lankan boy reacts as health officials take his nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 outside a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)

A Sri Lankan boy reacts as health officials take his nasal swab sample to test for COVID-19 outside a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, December 21, 2020. (Photo by Eranga Jayawardena/AP Photo)
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