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Sri Lankan forces make arrests, clear main protest site

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Sri Lankan security forces have arrested several people and cleared the main camp protesters have occupied for months while demanding leaders resign over the nation’s economic collapse. Army and police

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  1. Digital Journal

    Security forces dismantle Sri Lanka's main protest camp (opens Digital Journal)

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    Sri Lankan security forces raided the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Colombo early Friday, dismantling it and evicting activists

  2. The National Interest

    Crackdown in Sri Lanka: Protest Camp Destroyed, Leaders Arrested (opens The National Interest)

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    The assault on the protesters came hours after they voluntarily withdrew from a protest camp adjacent to the prime minister’s residence.

  3. France 24

    Sri Lanka troops demolish main protest camp (opens France 24)

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    Sri Lankan security forces demolished the main anti-government protest camp in the capital, evicting activists in a nighttime assault that raised international concern.

  4. France 24

    Sri Lankan security forces raid anti-government protest camp (opens France 24)

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    Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city of Colombo early on Friday and cleared out a section of it, a sign that the country's new president was…

  5. The Guardian

    Sri Lanka security forces raid protest camp as Ranil Wickremesinghe flexes muscles (opens The Guardian)

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    Arrests as hundreds of demonstrators evicted from camp blocking presidential office, hours before they were due to vacate area

  6. WFMZ Allentown

    Sri Lankan forces make arrests, clear main protest site (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    WFMZ Allentown's feed description

    Sri Lankan security forces have arrested several people and cleared the main camp protesters have occupied for months while demanding leaders resign over the nation’s economic collapse. Army and police

  7. Voice of America

    Troops Raid Protest Camp in Sri Lanka (opens Voice of America)

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    Demonstrators had feared a crackdown after Wickremesinghe imposed an emergency earlier this week

  8. Shore News Network

    Sri Lankan forces raid anti-gov't protest camp as new president takes office (opens Shore News Network)

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    By Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lankan security forces raided a protest camp occupying government grounds in the main city

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Sri Lanka troops break up protesters' camp | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Sri Lankan armed forces have moved to break up the main camp set up by anti-government protesters in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo.

  10. KVIA El Paso

    Sri Lankan troops tear down protest camp outside the President's office (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By Rukshana Rizwie, Akanksha Sharma, Kunal Seghal and Kathleen Magramo, CNN Sri Lanka‘s police and military troops forcibly removed anti-government protesters camped outside the presidential office in Colombo in a pre-dawn raid on Friday on the order of the country’s new President.

  11. The Guardian

    Sri Lankan forces raid anti-government protest camp – video (opens The Guardian)

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    Sri Lankan security forces have carried out a violent early morning raid on the main anti-government protest camp in Colombo, beating protesters and destroying tents

  12. New York Times

    Sri Lankan Forces Raid Protest Camp at Center of Uprising (opens New York Times)

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    The predawn raid in Colombo on Friday caught demonstrators by surprise. The police detained at least nine people.

  13. Deutsche Welle

    Sri Lanka troops break up protesters' camp as new PM appointed | DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Sri Lankan armed forces have moved to dismantle the main camp set up by anti-government protesters in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo. Hours later, an ally of the Rajapaksa family was tapped as prime minister

  14. Al Jazeera

    Military raids Sri Lanka protest camps, leaders arrested (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Protesters accuse soldiers of ‘brutal’ assaults, as security forces descend on sites in early hours of Friday morning.

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