Sri Lankan protesters invade the prime minister’s residence in Colombo, July 13 2022.
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After months of indefinite postponement, presidential and parliamentary elections will finally be held over the next two years.
The sun sets on Sri Lanka’s protest movement (for now).
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Protests over shortages forced the ouster of Sri Lanka’s president, but the crisis has deep-set roots in ethnonationalism, which has encouraged corruption, argues an expert on the country’s politics.
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Sri Lankans are contending with growing levels of starvation, death and disruption. Now they are also facing the brutal violence of the state.
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Massive price rises in Sri Lanka have led to protesters looking for economic and governmental change.