UPDATES:

  • MP died during an armed standoff with workers after firing multiple rounds from handgun into the crowd.

  • Uprisings started in retaliation against attacks by Pro- #Rajapaksa supporters on peaceful protests.

  • Military has been mobilized to defend gov residences.

  • Administrative Secretary Renuka Perera's house has been stormed by a crowd of workers.

  • Curfew put in place.

  • Rumors online circulating about the prime minister attempting to flee.

link to tweet

many communist parties have join and supported the protests

  • _metamythical [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    So, Sri Lanka has not been in any way socialist since the 80s. They were one of the first countries to accept IMF "structural adjustment programmes".