Police impose a curfew in Sri Lanka's capital and surrounding areas after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student demonstrators.
Police have imposed a curfew in Sri Lanka's capital and surrounding areas after firing tear gas and using a water cannon on student demonstrators amid public discontent over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.Many people are calling for the resignation of the PresidentThe island nation has been crippled by a shortage of foreign exchange that has left it struggling to pay for essential imports of fuel, food and medicine.
The students began their protest march from a university in the outskirts of the city and marched towards President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence in the heart of the business district, which had been barricaded by the police. Many demonstrators called for the resignation of Mr Rajapaksa, who they blame for the country's economic crisis — its worst since its independence in 1948.They also blame Ranil Wickremesinghe, who became Prime Minister two months ago, for not delivering on promises to end the shortages.
The curfew drew criticism from government opponents and the Bar Association of Sri Lanka, which said the curfew was "blatantly illegal and a violation of fundamental rights".
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