A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 punished in a manner commensurate with the gravity of the offence, including the officials in charge of the place of detention where the prohibited act is found to have been committed.” The Special Rapporteur also encourages the Government of Sri Lanka to continue its engagement with the mandate. (b) JAL 02/09/2013 Case No. LKA 4/2013 State reply: 19/09/2013 Allegations of excessive use of force, including lethal force, during a peaceful assembly, resulting in deaths and injured protesters. 137. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government for its reply dated 19 September 2013 to information received alleging that on 1 August 2013, in Weliweriya, the Gampaha District of the Western Province in Sri Lanka, more than 4,000 protesters assembled peacefully to demand the Government to take action against a company whose factory had polluted the water - the only drinking water resource in about 15 local villages. The police reportedly used tear gas to break up the protest, and the military, who were offering assistance to the police to disperse the crowd, shot at the protesters. Reportedly, at least three people have been killed and many more have been injured and hospitalized, including media professionals. The Special Rapporteur expressed concern that allegations of excessive use of force by security officials in response to the protest are contrary to article 6(1) of the ICCPR, under which the Government of Sri Lanka has the obligation to protect every individual’s right to life and to ensure that no individual on its territory or subject to its jurisdiction is arbitrarily deprived of his or her life. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government for its response in which it details the steps taken to investigate the use of force, and it is encouraging that officials under investigation have been relieved of their position while inquiries are made. The Special Rapporteur further encourages the Government to continue its investigation, and prosecute and punish all violations of the right to life, in line with the Principles on Effective Prevention and Investigation of ExtraLegal, Arbitrary and Summary Executions (adopted by the Economic and Social Council resolution 1989/65). The Government is also encouraged to recall that the families and dependents of victims of extra-legal, arbitrary or summary executions shall be entitled to fair and adequate compensation within a reasonable period of time pursuant to principle 20. The Special Rapporteur requests that the Government continue in its engagement with the mandate. Sudan (a) JUA 22/02/2013 Case No. SDN 2/2013 State reply: 15/03/2013 Alleged imposition of the death penalty on Mr. Bakri Moussa Mohammed, a community activist in the Kalma camp for displaced persons in South Darfur. 138. The Special Rapporteur thanks the government of Sudan for its reply, dated 15 March 2013, to this communication in reference to the alleged imposition of the death penalty on Mr. Bakri Moussa Mohammed. The communication inquired about the imposition of the death penalty on Mr. Bakri Moussa Mohammed, a community activist in the Kalma camp for displaced persons in South Darfur. It is alleged that Mr. Moussa Mohammed was convicted of murder in spite of his protestation of innocence. He was first sentenced to ten years in prison and later resentencedto capital punishment. Reportedly, the day he was resentenced, Mr. Moussa Mohammed was brought to the gallows three times before he was informed his execution was postponed for 35 days. In this context, the Special Rapporteur reminds the Government of Sudan of his report to the United Nations General Assembly A/67/279 of 9 August 2012. The Special Rapporteur observes that the procedural safeguards to ensure a fair trial in cases in which the death penalty might be imposed should be at least equal to those contained in article 14 of the ICCPR and that the 100