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| Sri Lanka |
| Lanka arrests protest leaders, extends emergency laws |
| 2022-07-29 |
| [NEWAGEBD.NET] Two activists who helped lead mass demonstrations that toppled Sri Lanka’s president were arrested on Wednesday, police said, as parliament extended tough emergency laws imposed to restore order. Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... Singapore has extended a short-stay visa for Lanka’s deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, local media in the city-state reported on Wednesday. Rajapaksa fled his country on July 13, after his official residence was stormed by thousands of protesters who had demonstrated for months against the island nation’s painful economic crisis. Rajapaksa’s 14-day visit pass has been extended, allowing him to stay until August 11, the Straits Times newspaper reported Wednesday. The former president was allowed to enter Singapore on a ’private visit’ and did not seek asylum, authorities said previously. Rajapaksa was forced to flee when tens of thousands of protesters, incensed by the island nation’s unprecedented economic crisis, stormed his residence in the capital Colombo. He later flew to Singapore and tendered his resignation while his successor Ranil Wickremesinghe declared a state of emergency and vowed a tough line against ’trouble-makers’. Police said in separate Wednesday statements that they had arrested activists Kusal Sandaruwan and Weranga Pushpika on unlawful assembly charges. After Rajapaksa fled, Sandaruwan was seen in social media footage counting a large cache of banknotes found in the president’s home. |
| Posted by:Fred |