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President responsible for attacks on protestors: Sumanthiran

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Originally From: https://www.newsfirst.lk/2022/07/22/president-responsible-for-attacks-on-protestors-sumanthiran/ Written by Amani Nilar    22 Jul, 2022 COLOMBO (News 1st); The responsibility for the raid carried out at Galle Face and the attack leveled against the protestors must fall squarely on the shoulders of the executive president Ranil Wickremesinghe, says TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran. It is only because of these protesters that Ranil Wickremesinghe is the President today, and not for any other reason, the TNA MP said. Speaking further, the MP said that the attack on the peaceful protest, which received international recognition for its peaceful…

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Address impunity to bring genuine reforms, OHCHR urges Prez

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Originally From: https://www.themorning.lk/address-impunity-to-bring-genuine-reforms-ohchr-urges-prez/ The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) says the predawn military raid at the Galle Face Green protest site on Friday (July 22) sends a “chilling message” to peaceful protesters. Commenting on the incident, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Jeremy Laurence said they are alarmed by the “unnecessary use of force” by the security forces to break up the protest camp near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, only hours before the protesters indicated that it was due to be vacated. He stressed that…

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The strong displeasure of Asia Commune to the Sri Lankan Government

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The strong displeasure of Asia Commune to the Sri Lankan government The people of Sri Lanka drove out the racist, bigotry and corrupted military Rajapaksa regime.  This was driven out by a continuous people’s struggle for more than a hundred days. As a twisted result of this struggle, the appointment of the new president was entrusted to the existing parliament.  The vast majority of this parliament was Rajapaksa supporters.  Ranil Wickramasinghe, who only holds his own seat in Parliament, was the representative of the defeated Rajapaksa regime.  He got 134…

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Let’s stop reactionary Ranil

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By Raja Prabath Lankaloka Ranil Wickramasinghe has now been elected as the succeeding president by the votes of the members of parliament as the position got vacant due to the ouster of Gotabhaya Rajapaksa by the people on July 9. Ranil Wickramasinghe is as hated by the people as the Rajapakshas. He did not even get a chance to contest the last presidential election. He was so rejected by the people that he could not win a seat from the district he contested, or from any other district in Sri…

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Special statement from Inter University Students Union

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Press Release : Inter University Students Union The Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa began its term with a two-thirds majority in Parliament following Rajapaksa securing 6.9 million votes at the 2019 Presidential Election. It is clear that this government had no clear understanding of the economic, political and democratic aspirations and demands of the people and acted in an arbitrary manner paying little or no heed public sentiment. By the beginning of the year 2022 this precipitated a serious political and economic crisis as…

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