Sri Lanka Disaster: Over 600 protesters arrested for violating nationwide curfew in Sri Lanka

new Delhi: Greater than 600 folks had been arrested within the nation’s western province on Sunday for violating a 36-hour nationwide curfew and making an attempt to prepare an anti-government rally within the wake of the dire financial disaster. Opposition MPs led by their chief Sajith Premadasa had began a protest march in the direction of the historic crossroads right here for violating the weekend curfew by the federal government.

The federal government had introduced a weekend curfew in view of the pre-planned program of the protest. Premadasa stated, “We’re protesting in opposition to the promulgation of the Public Security Ordinance by the federal government for the violation of the rights of the folks associated to the protest.” 664 individuals have been arrested. A nationwide curfew was introduced forward of the proposed ‘Arab Spring’-style protests on Sunday.

President Gotabayo Rajapaksa issued a particular gazette notification late on Friday night time, imposing a state of emergency in Sri Lanka with fast impact from April 1. The federal government on Sunday ordered a halt to web service to chop off public entry to social media and barred folks from gathering at one place. Rajapaksa’s nephew and Sports activities Minister Namal Rajapaksa instructed reporters that the ban on web service was unhelpful, as too many individuals would use a VPN to hook up with social media websites.