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In 2022, as protests began growing in Sri Lanka, Jaliya Wickramasuriya, former Sri Lankan ambassador to the United States and Mexico, and a cousin of the Rajapaksa brothers, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for defrauding $332,027 from the Sri Lankan government during the purchase of a new embassy building in 2013.
The 2022 Sri Lankan political crisis was a political crisis in Sri Lanka due to the power struggle between President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the people of Sri Lanka. It was fueled by the anti-government protests and demonstrations by the public due to the economic crisis in the country .
The Twenty-first Amendment (21A) to the Constitution of Sri Lanka [1] was passed by the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament with 179 voting in favor, 1 against and 45 abstained on 21 October 2022. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The bill was passed with a two-third majority and it was reported that only one MP, Sarath Weerasekara , voted against the bill while 45 MPs ...
Protests resumed in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Wednesday shortly after lawmakers elected the country's widely unpopular prime minister and acting president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the new ...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned Monday following weeks of protests demanding that he and his brother, the president, step down over the country’s worst economic crisis in ...
Thousands of Sri Lankans marched in the capital on Thursday to urge the government to halt its crackdown on protests against an unprecedented economic crisis that has engulfed the Indian Ocean ...
Location of Sri Lanka Following is a list of riots and protests in Sri Lanka, an island nation situated in South Asia. Throughout its history, Sri Lanka has experienced a number of riots. Since 1915, many of them have stemmed from ethnic tensions between the Sinhalese majority and minority Tamil and Moor populations. 19th century 1883 Kotahena riots (Kotahena, Western Province) − Riots erupt ...
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is set to resign, with outrage over the an economic crisis boiling over and protesters at their doorstep — literally. Breaking Point: A visual guide to ...