The government has declared a state of emergency amid an outcry over rising prices and power cuts
Sri Lankan army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint after the government imposed a curfew following a clash between police and protestors near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence during a protest last Thursday, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 3 2022. Picture: DINUKA LIYANAWATTE/ REUTERS
“These students have come out in defiance of the curfew and police have fired teargas to disperse them,” said Kiriella, from the opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya party. The university is on the outskirts of Kandy, where the students had been held back by police, he said.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday as the Indian Ocean island nation grapples with rising prices, shortages of essentials and rolling power cuts.
In the capital Colombo on Sunday, about two dozen opposition leaders stopped at police barricades on the way to Independence Square, some shouting “Gota Go home”. In the afternoon the government lifted a block it had placed on social media platforms hours earlier. Access to Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube and Instagram had been blocked nationwide, said internet monitoring organisation NetBlocks.
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