29/05/2022 04:10 (UTC)

Gota-Go village, the nerve centre of Sri Lanka's protests, marks 50 days of protests

Colombo, May 28 (EFE/EPA).- Fifty days ago, when Buddhi Prabodha Karunaratne, a 28-year-old Sri Lankan protester, was asked which political outfit he belonged to, he was perplexed to realize that anti-government protests could not be considered apolitical.

Karunaratne told journalists that thousands of people sans political affiliations came to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation over the worst economic crisis – something incomprehensible for the questioners. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).

FOOTAGE SHOWS THE MAKESHIFT CAMPING SITE KNOWN AS THE 'GOTA GO GAMA' PROTESTING VILLAGE OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENTIAL SECRETARIAT IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.

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Date: 29/05/2022 04:08 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Unrest and conflicts » Civil unrest
Unrest and conflicts
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 308 seconds
Reference: 55008843198
Relevance: Notable