![]() ![]() 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 ![]() 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.
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