The government in Sri Lanka after facing outrage has lifted the social media ban amid the ongoing unrest over the economic crisis.

Sri Lankan government lifts social media ban amid the ongoing unrest over the economic crisis

Sri Lanka is facing a severe economic crisis, and the citizens are taking to the streets demanding to oust President Rajapaksa.

Fresh demonstrations are planned on Sunday over the economic crisis in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka declares public emergency after violent protests over the economic crisis

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Sri Lanka has been put under the state of national curfew as massive protests over economic failures continues in the country.

National Curfew declared in Sri Lanka as protests over economic failure continues

Sri Lanka is in the biggest economic crisis leading to violent protests in the country and angry protestors demanding the resignation of President Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka's economic crisis explodes- public emergency declared

Sri Lanka is facing a severe economic crisis, and the citizens are taking to the streets demanding to oust President Rajapaksa. Watch this report to know more.

Sri Lanka declares public emergency: Violent protests over economic crisis

Economic crisis in Sri Lanka has taken an ugly turn. After protests turned violent,&nbsp;President Gotabaya Rajapaksa&nbsp;has declared a state of emergency in the country on Saturday.

Now, police and the military is patrolling the capital city, Colombo as shops have slowly opened.

A day earlier, angry protesters had demonstrated near the president’s home to demand his resignation. Plans also seem to have been made for a nationwide protest. &nbsp;

Invoking sections of the Public Security Ordinance, president has the power to make regulations in the interests of suppression of mutiny, preservation of public order, public security, riot or civil commotion or for the maintenance of essential supplies. &nbsp;

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The president can also take possession of any property, authorise detentions and search any premises under the regulations of emergency. &nbsp;

Not just this, he can also bring changes or suspend any law.

The Ministry of Public Defense has also said that steps have been taken to tighten security in several places as per the intelligence received.

Minister of Public Defense, Retired Rear Admiral Dr&nbsp;Sarath Weerasekera, said that relevant departments have been instructed to take necessary steps.

The Minister also added that he respects the constitutional right of the people to protest peacefully. &nbsp;

This comes a day after numerous protesters were arrested following protests near the home of president. Several calls for a nationwide public protest on Sunday have also been made. &nbsp;

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The office of president has blamed 'organized extremists' for violence during Thursday night's demonstration. &nbsp;

In the protests, more than 5,000 people marched towards president's house in the Sri Lankan capital. To end it, the Special Task Force, a paramilitary police squad, had to be brought in. &nbsp; &nbsp;

In the incident, at least 10 people, including journalists, were injured. &nbsp;

(With inputs from agencies)&nbsp;

Economic crisis in Sri Lanka has taken an ugly turn. After protests turned violent, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a state of emergency in the country on Saturday.

Economic crisis in Sri Lanka has taken an ugly turn. After protests turned violent, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a state of emergency in the country on Saturday. Now, police and the military is patrolling the capital city, Colombo as shops have slowly opened. A day earlier, angry protesters had demonstrated near the president’s home to demand his resignation. Plans also seem to have been made for a nationwide protest. Invoking sections of the Public Security Ordinance, president has the power to make regulations in the interests of suppression of mutiny, preservation of public order, public security, riot or civil commotion or for the maintenance of essential supplies. Also Read: How Sri Lanka's economy spiralled into crisis The president can also take possession of any property, authorise detentions and search any premises under the regulations of emergency. Not just this, he can also bring changes or suspend any law. The Ministry of Public Defense has also said that steps have been taken to tighten security in several places as per the intelligence received. Minister of Public Defense, Retired Rear Admiral Dr Sarath Weerasekera, said that relevant departments have been instructed to take necessary steps. The Minister also added that he respects the constitutional right of the people to protest peacefully. This comes a day after numerous protesters were arrested following protests near the home of president. Several calls for a nationwide public protest on Sunday have also been made. Watch: Sri Lanka declares public emergency after violent protests over the economic crisis × The office of president has blamed 'organized extremists' for violence during Thursday night's demonstration. In the protests, more than 5,000 people marched towards president's house in the Sri Lankan capital. To end it, the Special Task Force, a paramilitary police squad, had to be brought in. In the incident, at least 10 people, including journalists, were injured. (With inputs from agencies)

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People around the world are voicing their condemnation of the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Police in Russia have arrested more than 8,000 anti-war protesters across the country.

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Police in Russia detained more than 2,000 people protesting against Ukraine conflict. The detainments have been made in 48 cities across Russia, said protest monitoring group. People defied official warnings to show their displeasure and even anger over Russian invasion.

More than 5,500 people have been detained at various anti-war protests since the invasion began on Thursday, according to the OVD-Info monitor, which has documented crackdowns on Russia's opposition for years.

In Moscow, riot police often outnumbered protesters, some of whom carried hand-written placards with peace signs and anti-war slogans in Russian and Ukrainian. Some wore masks with the word "Enough" emblazoned in the front.

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A reporter for the independent television channel Dozhd was arrested during the protests despite showing his accreditation to the police and wearing a press vest.

Outside the upmarket Gostiny Dvor department store in downtown Saint Petersburg, hundreds of anti-war protesters stood together, linking arms and chanting.

Sunday's protests coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.

In Moscow some of the arrests took place at an improvised memorial just outside the Kremlin at the site where Nemtsov was shot, a Reuters witness said. "No to war!" shouted one of the demonstrators as he was being dragged away by the police.

Nemtsov was a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Moscow's support for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, which ultimately led to what Putin labels a "special operation" to protect the two separatist regions although his troops are fighting in wider Ukraine.

Ukraine's Western allies have slapped unprecedented sanctions in response to Russia's land, sea and air invasion.

Putin ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert on Sunday as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv said they had repelled an attack by invading Russian troops.

Tens of thousands of people across Europe marched in protest against Russia's invasion on Sunday, with 100,000 people protesting in solidarity with Ukraine in Berlin.

(With inputs from agencies) 
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Police in Russia detained more than 2,000 people protesting against Ukraine conflict. The detainments have been made in 48 cities across Russia, said protest monitoring group.

Police in Russia detained more than 2,000 people protesting against Ukraine conflict. The detainments have been made in 48 cities across Russia, said protest monitoring group. People defied official warnings to show their displeasure and even anger over Russian invasion. More than 5,500 people have been detained at various anti-war protests since the invasion began on Thursday, according to the OVD-Info monitor, which has documented crackdowns on Russia's opposition for years. In Moscow, riot police often outnumbered protesters, some of whom carried hand-written placards with peace signs and anti-war slogans in Russian and Ukrainian. Some wore masks with the word "Enough" emblazoned in the front. Also Read | Ukraine invasion: Elon Musk activates Starlink internet service after request from an official A reporter for the independent television channel Dozhd was arrested during the protests despite showing his accreditation to the police and wearing a press vest. Outside the upmarket Gostiny Dvor department store in downtown Saint Petersburg, hundreds of anti-war protesters stood together, linking arms and chanting. Sunday's protests coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov. In Moscow some of the arrests took place at an improvised memorial just outside the Kremlin at the site where Nemtsov was shot, a Reuters witness said. "No to war!" shouted one of the demonstrators as he was being dragged away by the police. Nemtsov was a prominent critic of President Vladimir Putin, Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and Moscow's support for pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, which ultimately led to what Putin labels a "special operation" to protect the two separatist regions although his troops are fighting in wider Ukraine. Ukraine's Western allies have slapped unprecedented sanctions in response to Russia's land, sea and air invasion. Putin ordered his military command to put nuclear-armed forces on high alert on Sunday as Ukrainian fighters defending the city of Kharkiv said they had repelled an attack by invading Russian troops. Tens of thousands of people across Europe marched in protest against Russia's invasion on Sunday, with 100,000 people protesting in solidarity with Ukraine in Berlin. (With inputs from agencies)

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They turned up in a mob of several hundred at a migrant centre in South Africa's Soweto township -- unemployed, wielding weapons and angry with foreigners they accuse of taking their jobs.

"Foreigners, go home," they cried, according to witnesses.

With unemployment at 35 percent -- and rising up to 65 percent among youth -- competition for jobs has spawned resentment among some jobless South Africans.

In the past, xenophobic protests have morphed into violence. Attacks against foreigners left at least 62 people dead in 2008, while another seven were killed in similar unrest in 2015.

Armed mobs descended on foreign-owned businesses around the financial hub Johannesburg in 2019. The ensuing clashes left at least 12 people dead, of whom 10 were South African, according to the government.

In recent weeks, scores of protesters have been staging demonstrations against undocumented migrants in what they have dubbed Operation Dudula, Zulu for "drive back". 
At the Methodist migrant community centre in Soweto, where about 100 migrant families live, there had been rumours of an attack.

A horde arrived earlier this month -- some wielding traditional Zulu leather whips -- at the centre in South Africa's most famous township, located south of Johannesburg.&nbsp;

"Foreign nationals are stealing jobs that belong to South Africans," protesters said, according to witnesses.

'Thought was going to die'

Sithulisiwe Chinora, a 22-year-old Zimbabwean, recounted how she started shaking violently, her infant wrapped on her back.

"I thought I was going to die that day," she said.

Father Paul Verryn, who founded the centre, says it is clear who the protesters were.

"They are xenophobic activists, they clearly targeted foreign nationals because they want them out," said the minister, who is famous for having opened a church in&nbsp; 
Johannesburg to thousands of undocumented Zimbabweans after the first anti-immigration attacks.

But the Operation Dudula movement says it is pacifist.

Its leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, a man in his thirties from Soweto who often dresses in a military uniform and bullet-proof vest, says he is simply seeking to "restore law and order".

"The law enforcement is failing us," he has told reporters.

On Saturday, Dlamini was among some 2,000 people protesting in Johannesburg's inner-city suburb of Hillbrow.

Among the crowd, Bhekani Thusi, 38, was one of those who said they were "tired of foreigners".

"We are here to claim our land back. Our space is occupied by foreigners," he said.

Foreign worker quota?

Last weekend, the same movement held a protest outside a supermarket demanding the sacking of foreign workers employed there.

"There is (nothing) xenophobic about that, it's the law," he told journalists. "Any job that doesn't require skill in South Africa belongs to South Africans."

Around 3.9 million foreigners live in South Africa, a country of almost 60 million, including political refugees, according to official statistics.

Human Rights Watch says foreigners are often made scapegoats in a country with one of the world's most unequal societies.

Jay Naidoo, a founding member of the Cosatu workers' union, said anti-immigrant arguments did not hold up.

"Even if they were to expel all the immigrants, our level of crime would not drop, neither our level of joblessness," he said.

So far, the latest demonstrations have not spiralled into violence.

A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said law enforcement was keeping an eye on the demonstrations.

But "the right to protest is enshrined in the country's constitution and so far, they haven't committed any action that required the police to enforce the law," the source said.

President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday the authorities were closely watching "pockets of groupings that are trying to foment a type of negative attitudes" towards foreigners.

At the start of the month, the government said it was working on a law to install a quota for foreign workers in South African companies.

They turned up in a mob of several hundred at a migrant centre in South Africa's Soweto township -- unemployed, wielding weapons and angry with foreigners they accuse of taking their jobs.

They turned up in a mob of several hundred at a migrant centre in South Africa's Soweto township -- unemployed, wielding weapons and angry with foreigners they accuse of taking their jobs. "Foreigners, go home," they cried, according to witnesses. With unemployment at 35 percent -- and rising up to 65 percent among youth -- competition for jobs has spawned resentment among some jobless South Africans. In the past, xenophobic protests have morphed into violence. Attacks against foreigners left at least 62 people dead in 2008, while another seven were killed in similar unrest in 2015. Armed mobs descended on foreign-owned businesses around the financial hub Johannesburg in 2019. The ensuing clashes left at least 12 people dead, of whom 10 were South African, according to the government. In recent weeks, scores of protesters have been staging demonstrations against undocumented migrants in what they have dubbed Operation Dudula, Zulu for "drive back". At the Methodist migrant community centre in Soweto, where about 100 migrant families live, there had been rumours of an attack. A horde arrived earlier this month -- some wielding traditional Zulu leather whips -- at the centre in South Africa's most famous township, located south of Johannesburg. "Foreign nationals are stealing jobs that belong to South Africans," protesters said, according to witnesses. 'Thought was going to die' Sithulisiwe Chinora, a 22-year-old Zimbabwean, recounted how she started shaking violently, her infant wrapped on her back. "I thought I was going to die that day," she said. Father Paul Verryn, who founded the centre, says it is clear who the protesters were. "They are xenophobic activists, they clearly targeted foreign nationals because they want them out," said the minister, who is famous for having opened a church in Johannesburg to thousands of undocumented Zimbabweans after the first anti-immigration attacks. But the Operation Dudula movement says it is pacifist. Its leader Nhlanhla Lux Dlamini, a man in his thirties from Soweto who often dresses in a military uniform and bullet-proof vest, says he is simply seeking to "restore law and order". "The law enforcement is failing us," he has told reporters. On Saturday, Dlamini was among some 2,000 people protesting in Johannesburg's inner-city suburb of Hillbrow. Among the crowd, Bhekani Thusi, 38, was one of those who said they were "tired of foreigners". "We are here to claim our land back. Our space is occupied by foreigners," he said. Foreign worker quota? Last weekend, the same movement held a protest outside a supermarket demanding the sacking of foreign workers employed there. "There is (nothing) xenophobic about that, it's the law," he told journalists. "Any job that doesn't require skill in South Africa belongs to South Africans." Around 3.9 million foreigners live in South Africa, a country of almost 60 million, including political refugees, according to official statistics. Human Rights Watch says foreigners are often made scapegoats in a country with one of the world's most unequal societies. Jay Naidoo, a founding member of the Cosatu workers' union, said anti-immigrant arguments did not hold up. "Even if they were to expel all the immigrants, our level of crime would not drop, neither our level of joblessness," he said. So far, the latest demonstrations have not spiralled into violence. A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said law enforcement was keeping an eye on the demonstrations. But "the right to protest is enshrined in the country's constitution and so far, they haven't committed any action that required the police to enforce the law," the source said. President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Wednesday the authorities were closely watching "pockets of groupings that are trying to foment a type of negative attitudes" towards foreigners. At the start of the month, the government said it was working on a law to install a quota for foreign workers in South African companies.

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