Sri Lanka’s new president criticised for crackdown on protesters
Sri Lanka’s new president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has been criticised for a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters. Demonstrators had been occupying the areas surrounding the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. Hundreds of heavily armed soldiers and police assaulted members of the public. Al Jazeera's @Minelle Fernandez reports from Colombo, Sri Lanka. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SriLanka #Politics
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