Sri Lanka Protest Thread

[Arch Dornan]

There's more updates coming to Sri Lanka I'll put them here instead.

Haven't seen this one before. Money seized and handed over for a proper reimbursement by protestors rather than looting everything even if some may hide a few rupees without anyone knowing.

 

[Arch Dornan]

 

[Arch Dornan]

Sri Lanka PM tells military to do whatever necessary to restore order

Thousands of protesters stormed the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

www.bbc.com

In a television address, Mr Wickremesinghe called on protesters to leave his occupied office and other state buildings and co-operate with authorities.
"We can't tear up our constitution. We can't allow fascists to take over. We must end this fascist threat to democracy," he said.

Protestors are fascists now.

 

[Cherico]

Sri Lanka PM tells military to do whatever necessary to restore order

Thousands of protesters stormed the office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe.

www.bbc.com

Protestors are fascists now.

Really wish I could say Western governments were better....

 

[Arch Dornan]

Sri Lanka arrests protest leader Joseph Stalin | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News

A top Sri Lankan trade union leader in the forefront of protests which led to the ousting of Gotabaya Rajapaksa from the presidency was arrested Wednesday, witnesses and officials said. Joseph Stalin, the secretary of the Sri Lanka Teachers’ Union, becomes the senior most activist to be arrested...

guardian.ng

Joseph Stalin's back.