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#lka #SriLanka #GoHomeRanil #HumanRightsViolations #HumanRights #අරගලයටජය /zQYq9IIaPzĮxpressing their full condemnation of the state violence on the non-violent protesters, the academics, in the statement, noted that they were “aghast at reports that five of the protestors were abducted and tortured by security force personnel violently beaten, forced to kneel on rocks and perform extremely tedious exercises whilst being threatened with death if they tried to escape.” Is this what Colombo elites who supported wanted? Look how your leader’s goons are assaulting civilians & media personnel. This is what is going on Colombo right now. Videos also emerged online showing protesters being manhandled by troops. Protest organisers claimed that upwards of 50 protesters had been injured, while the government claimed that only two had been injured and nine arrested. Reports had come in of soldiers in riot gear marching through the area of the ‘Gota Go Gama’ camp – a jibe at ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa – and tore down the rows of tents which flanked the main road. Sri Lankan security forces raided the protest camp, set up in April on government grounds by angry citizens in response to the country’s unprecedented economic crisis which saw widespread shortages of food, fuel and other essentials, and cleared out a section of it early on July 22.Īlso read: Several Hurt as Sri Lankan Forces Raid Anti-Government Protest Camp
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New Delhi: A group of over 150 international academics recently issued a statement condemning the crackdown on protesters in Sri Lanka on July 22, a day after new President Ranil Wickremesinghe took office.