Prisoners not to be permitted to attend their second degree relative’s funeral.

A parliamentary committee rejected permitting prisoners to attend the funerals of their relatives of the second degree, Tribune has learnt. This follows the Foreign Affairs, Defence and National Security Committee in the Council of Representatives recently rejecting a bill to amend the existing Law 18 of the year 2014 of the reform and rehabilitation establishment. The bill is related to religious, social and cultural rehabilitation of inmates. Based on a proposal submitted by a number of MPs, it was referred to the committee by the government last October in a form of a proposed law for studying. According to the MPs who submitted the proposal, it would achieve the necessary social care and insurance for inmates by allowing them to attend the burial ceremony and funeral of their second degree relatives.

The committee reviewed the bill with several authorities, including the National Institution for Human Rights (NIHR), which also disapproved it. However, the council’s final call will be made during the upcoming weekly meeting on Tuesday, as the committee is scheduled to submit a report, requesting the MPs to reject the bill. The council’s final call will be made during the upcoming weekly meeting on Tuesday, as the committee is scheduled to submit a report, requesting the MPs to reject the bill. Representatives of Interior Ministry are expected to be present during the session.