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South Asia correspondent Avani Dias in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Taking over the Sri Lankan presidential palace was a high point for Wasantha. Then came six months of horror

Wasantha was arrested and jailed over the protests in Sri Lanka in July last year. (ABC News: Avani Dias)

For months, Wasantha Mudalige helped build a protest movement that ousted a president for the first time in Sri Lanka's history during the country's worst economic crisis. 

He was at the forefront of the swelling crowds that took control of the bankrupt country's once impassable government buildings in July 2022.

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