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2022 Sri Lankan protests

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2022 Sri Lankan protests
Date16 March 2022 – present
Location
Sri Lanka,
Demonstrations by Sri Lankan communities in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, and United States
Caused by
Goals
  • Resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Rajapaksa administration
  • Ending 74 years of corrupt politics in Sri Lanka
  • Dissolution of Parliament and establishment of a new system of government
  • Instead of corrupt, ignorant, old politicians: handing over the country to an educated, honest youth
  • Punish corrupt politicians and recover stolen property and money to the Treasury
  • Destroying the corrupt business mafia
  • Reorganization of Corrupted Public Service
  • Eliminate corruption and fraud in the country, establish the rule of law and rebuild the collapsing economy
MethodsDemonstrations, Internet activism, rioting
StatusOngoing
Parties

Protesters and opposition organizations:

  • Non-partisan people of Sri Lanka
  • Inter University Students' Federation & State University Students of Sri Lanka
  • Political parties
  • Sri Lankan diaspora mainly in Australia, New Zealand and United States
  • Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
  • University students
  • Private bus drivers
  • Many unorganized apolitical and nonpartisan protesters
Lead figures
Casualties and losses
50 protesters injured[2]
600 arrested[3]
1 died[4]
24 police officers injured[5]

The 2022 Sri Lankan protests are a series of protests by opposition political parties and various non-partisan protesters against the government of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, accused of mismanaging the economy and producing an economic crisis with severe inflation, daily blackouts, a shortage of fuel and essential items. Protesters demanded that the government run by the Rajapaksa family immediately resign.[6][7] Most protesters were unaligned with any political party, and some expressed discontent with the political opposition.[8]

Protesters targeted members of the Rajapaksa family and government politicians. The government in turn used authoritarian methods such as imposing a state of emergency which allows the military to arrest civilians, imposing curfews, restricting social media such as Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram, Viber and YouTube, assaulting protesters and journalists and arresting online activists.[9][10][11] The measures taken by the government resulted in further increasing the unpopularity of the government and the Sri Lankan diaspora began demonstrations against the suppression of basic human rights.[12][13] The social media block also backfired as the heavy VPNs use by Sri Lankans caused #GoHomeRajapaksas, #GoHomeGota to trend in countries such as the United States, Singapore and Germany and the block was lifted on the same day. Further, the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka condemned the actions and summoned officials responsible for the block and abuse of protesters.[14][15]

On 3 April 2022, all 26 members of the Second Gotabaya Rajapaksa cabinet with the exception of Prime Minister Rajapaksa resigned en masse but critics noted that the resignation is not valid as they did not follow the constitutional protocol thus slammed it as a "sham" [16][17][18] and several were reinstated in different ministries the next day.[19]

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka's all-powerful Rajapaksas under fire". France 24. 1 April 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ Dhillon, Amrit (1 April 2022). "Sri Lanka: 50 injured as protesters try to storm president's house amid economic crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Sri Lanka arrests over 600 protestors violating curfew in Western Province". The New Indian Express. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Man gets electrocuted while protesting against power cuts in Sri Lanka: Police". Deccan Herald. Colombo. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka president declares public emergency after protests against economic crisis". The Guardian. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ^ Dhillon, Amrit (1 April 2022). "Sri Lanka: 50 injured as protesters try to storm president's house amid economic crisis". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Main opposition SJB to hold mass protest rally in Colombo". NewsWire. 13 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. ^ Nadeera, Dilshan. "The betrayal of the young". Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Sri Lanka Declared State Of Emergency As Crisis Sparks Protests". Viral Bake. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka imposes curfew amid food, fuel and power shortage protests". BBC News. 2 April 2022. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Sri Lanka imposes curfew after protests over food, fuel shortages". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  12. ^ "ඇදිරිය හා සමාජ මාධ්‍ය තහනම නිසා රජයට ඇති අප්‍රසාදය ඉහළට?". www.ada.lk (in Sinhala). Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  13. ^ "Sri Lankans in NZ, Australia take to the street against govt. - Breaking News | Daily Mirror". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  14. ^ "Social media ban backfires : Anti Govt slogans trends in other countries". NewsWire. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  15. ^ "Sri Lanka lifts social media ban, HRCSL summons officials". NewsWire. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  16. ^ "Sri Lanka's cabinet ministers resign as crisis protesters defy curfew". BBC News. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  17. ^ "Cabinet resigns". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  18. ^ "Sri Lanka main SJB slams 'sham' cabinet resignation, says no deal". EconomyNext. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  19. ^ "4 new Ministers sworn in". www.dailymirror.lk. Retrieved 4 April 2022.

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