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  1. Sri Lanka鈥檚 new government and the challenges of a democratic transition

    roads and access to water. Human-elephant conflict has also become a key concern, highlighting the ... demanding an increase in their living allowance. There were protests also by railway workers and water ...

  2. Sri Lanka: Elections, debt and the struggle for democracy

    integrated with the military, leading to violent suppression of protests. In mid-June, police fired water ... waters, which are undermining livelihoods and vandalising seafloor habitats. At a large rally held in the ...

  3. Sri Lanka: Debt restructuring and restraining dissent

    since August. Nearly 150,000 people in the north and eastern provinces lack safe drinking water. People ... in the dry zone continue to protest, demanding access to water. According to a September 2023 report ...

  4. Sri Lanka: Talk of 鈥榩rosperity鈥 a smokescreen for people鈥檚 ongoing suffering and state violence

    Aragalaya activists was disrupted by thugs mobilised by the government, followed by the police firing water ...

  5. Sri Lanka: The prodigal former president returns to an economy still in crisis

    pressure on the economy 鈥 promoted local remedies with 鈥渕ystical powers鈥, such as throwing holy water into ...

  6. Sri Lanka: Repression and arrests, but struggle continues

    didn鈥檛 retaliate 鈥 not even with one stone or a water bottle. They had already been assaulted by ...

  7. Sri Lanka: A victory for a non-violent people鈥檚 movement

    which the police used tear gas and water cannons, escalating the struggle. The activists at GGG ... protect and preserve the ruling regime. Despite tear gas and water cannon attacks by police, protesters ... tear gas and water cannons. At times, the protesters even helped members of the military and police who ...