Sri Lankan troops raided the anti-government protest camp established outside the presidential secretariat in Colombo in the early morning hours of Friday, July 22, breaking down tents and forcibly removing activists.
IMAGE: Anti-government protesters at the bprotest camp site. Photograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
IMAGE: An anti-government protester speaks with members of the Sri Lankan security forces. Photograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
IMAGE: The protesters wave the Sri Lankan flag at the site. Photograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
IMAGE: Members of Sri Lankan security forces patrol the presidential secretariat. Photograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
IMAGE: An anti-government protester being asked to leave the site by Sri Lankan security personnel. Photograph: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images
IMAGE: Security personnel stand guard next to a barricade near the presidential secretariat after the raid on the anti-government protest camp early on Friday. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
IMAGE: Security personnel can be seen through the barricade near the presidential secretariat. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
IMAGE: Protesters gather near the presidential secretariat after the raid. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
IMAGE: Security personnel patrol near the presidential secretariat. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
IMAGE: A protester weeps as she is consoled by a fellow protestor. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
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