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Millions found inside Sri Lankan President’s House during uprising against Rajapaksa produced before court

Colombo, Jul 30 (PTI) Sri Lankan police have produced before a court millions of rupees in cash found by anti-government protesters inside former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's official residence after he…

Anti-government protesters vacate President’s Secretariat in Sri Lanka

Colombo, Jul 22 (PTI) Sri Lankan security forces on Friday removed a group of anti-government protesters, which continued to occupy the President’s Secretariat here despite Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation as president,…

Sri Lanka’s anti-government protesters to hand back iconic govt buildings to authorities

Colombo, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators on Thursday decided to vacate some of the iconic administrative buildings, including the President's House and the Prime Minister's Office, they have…

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe’s private residence in Colombo set on fire by protestors

Colombo, Jul 9 (PTI) A group of protesters on Saturday entered the private residence of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and set it on fire amid a massive public protest…

Sri Lanka opposition, protesters push anti-govt campaign despite new PM

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's main opposition party joined anti-government protesters on Friday in rejecting the appointment of a new prime minister and insisted the…

Canadian police arrest dozens to sweep protesters from parliament area

By Steve Scherer and Carlos Osorio OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian police on Saturday used pepper spray and stun grenades, and made dozens of arrests as they cleared demonstrators from the street…

Australian police urge protesters to leave capital

By Samuel McKeith (Reuters) - Australian police have given thousands of protesters until the end of Sunday to leave occupied areas of the country’s capital, as days-long rallies continue against…

Kazakh protesters beaten, tortured after unrest – HRW

ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakh security forces cracking down on unrest last month have arbitrarily arrested peaceful protesters, ill-treated and tortured detainees, and interfered with detainees' access to lawyers, Human Rights…

Protester, police officer killed in Sudan clashes

KHARTOUM (Reuters) -At least one protester and one police officer were killed and dozens of people injured on Thursday during another day of demonstrations against military rule in Sudan, medics…

Protesters block Lebanon’s roads to protest economic crash, soaring prices

By Mohamed Azakir and Ahmed al Kerdi BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese truck and bus drivers and others blocked main roads in the capital and other areas on Thursday in protest…

Hundreds of thousands march to Sudan presidential palace in protest against coup

By Khalid Abdelaziz and Nafisa Eltahir KHARTOUM (Reuters) -Hundreds of thousands of people marched to the presidential palace in Sudan's capital Khartoum on Sunday in protest at the Oct. 25…

UN calls on Myanmar to halt excessive force after media reports five killed

(Reuters) - The United Nations has called for Myanmar to hold to account anyone using excessive force against unarmed civilians after security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protesters…