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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Zaheena Rasheed, Rathindra Kuruwita

Sri Lankans set up protest camp, vow to stay till Rajapaksa quits

Demonstrators sit in a protest area near Colombo's presidential secretariat, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 11, 2022 [Dinuka Liyanawatte/ Reuters]

Colombo, Sri Lanka – Angry over a worsening economic crisis, residents of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, have transformed the streets in front of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office into a protest camp.

Hundreds have stayed put there since Saturday despite bouts of heavy rain, saying they will not leave until the president and his powerful brothers resign.

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