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Sri Lanka

29 July 2022

  • Tamil women holding a protest in Jaffna to remember family members who disappeared during the civil war.

    ‘A moment of opportunity’: fall of Sri Lankan president raises victims’ hopes

    Rights groups say they have a dossier of evidence against Gotabaya Rajapaksa – and a renewed appetite to bring him to account

27 July 2022

  • Armed soldiers on guard in Colombo

    Sri Lanka extends state of emergency as police round up protest leaders

  • Protester holds a sign saying 'Gota gotta go'

    Gotabaya Rajapaksa expected to return to Sri Lanka, minister says

26 July 2022

  • Protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka , 22 July, 2022.

    There is a global debt crisis coming – and it won’t stop at Sri Lanka

    Jayati Ghosh
  • A health worker packages medicines in Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo.

    A common condition
    ‘I’m on death row’: Sri Lankans forced to choose either food or vital drugs

22 July 2022

  • Sri Lankan forces raid anti-government protest camp – video

  • A demonstrator shouts slogans as Sri Lankan soldiers arrive to remove people from a protest camp outside the president’s office in Colombo early on Friday

    Sri Lanka security forces raid protest camp as Ranil Wickremesinghe flexes muscles

21 July 2022

  • A demonstrator gestures in front of the presidential secretariat in Colombo.

    Wickremesinghe’s election as Sri Lankan PM could have severe consequences

  • Crowds protest in Colombo after the election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka’s new president on Wednesday.

    Sri Lanka braced for more unrest as new president vows crackdown on ‘fascist’ protests

20 July 2022

  • Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe

    Sri Lanka president vote: Ranil Wickremesinghe wins amid protests

    MPs pick ex-PM seen as close to ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a move likely to frustrate protesters
  • Ranil Wickremesinghe in May

    Ranil Wickremesinghe: wily fox who is Sri Lanka’s new president

    Profile: Six-time PM may be unacceptable to many of the same protesters who forced out predecessor
  • The covers of the 22 July edition of the Guardian Weekly.

    Inside Guardian Weekly
    Europe’s heat apocalypse / Sri Lanka’s protests: Inside the 22 July Guardian Weekly

    Wildfires and record temperatures. Plus: Change in Colombo?

19 July 2022

  • Heavy security around Sri Lanka’s parliament in Colombo where MPs will choose the next president.

    Sri Lanka holds its breath as parliament chooses new president amid crisis

    A win for acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe could spark more protests by people furious with ruling elite over crippling shortages
  • Protesters take part in a demonstration against the economic crisis at the entrance of the president's office in Colombo.

    Today in Focus
    Sri Lankans forced their president to flee the country: now what?

    President Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka last week after witnessing the storming of his official residence. Hannah Ellis-Petersen looks at what could come next
  • Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa

    Sri Lanka opposition leader quits presidential run in bid to stymie Wickremesinghe

    Sajith Premadasa pulls out of race, pledging support for splinter faction of ruling party that could upset PM’s bid to become president

17 July 2022

  • Soldiers on guard outside the parliament building in Colombo over the weekend

    Sri Lanka: acting president declares state of emergency ahead of MPs’ vote

    Declaration called ‘expedient’ as Ranil Wickremesinghe tries to curb unrest over ongoing political and economic crises
  • Protesters outside Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office in Colombo.

    Britain should lead international aid effort for Sri Lanka

    Letter: Britain must do more to help a fellow Commonwealth country in desperate need, says Peter Heap
  • Protesters occupying the office of the prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country last week.

    The Observer view on the upheaval in Sri Lanka

    The country faces a long road to recovery, but there are hopeful signs that its democracy will survive the predatory rule of the Rajapaksas

16 July 2022

  • Candles are lit in memory of the protesters who were allegedly killed or wounded during the months-long protests and clashes in Colombo

    Sri Lanka’s political crisis continues as Ranil Wickremesinghe bids to be president

  • Sri Lankan police and security forces in front of the President’s House in Colombo

    Security tight as Sri Lankan MPs meet to elect new president amid first fuel arrival

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