10/07/2011
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BBC
"Nearly a thousand people gathered in front of Dompe police station threw stones and set fire to police properties in protest against the death of Gayan Rasanga, a father of one, in police custody.
“Some even throw stones for fun when mobs get together,” the minister said adding that it is not a positive phenomenon that people take the law into their hands."
08/11/2011
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BBC
Weeping parents demonstrate in the Sri Lankan capital, Colombo, demanding to know the fate of close relatives who have disappeared.
05/01/2011
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news.lk
A 5000 member work force from northern Jaffna, representing all sectors will join the ruling UPFA May Day rally in Colombo as a showof strength to the government's efforts to preserve the victory the country gained by defeating terrorism Working class people representing Palmyra Co-op Sector and other sectors such as Fishery, Agriculture and traders association will join the United People's Freedom Alliance May Day rally to be held under the chairmanship of President Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo.
10/11/2010
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AFP
Thousands of protesters marched through the streets of Sri Lanka's capital on Monday, demanding the release of ex-army chief and opposition leader Sarath Fonseka who is serving a 30-month jail term.
07/15/2010
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Times of India
CHENNAI: The city police on Wednesday arrested and remanded MDMK leader Vaiko and Tamil Desiya Iyakkam leader P Nedumaran for trying to march to the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission.
07/09/2010
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Time magazine
An already testy relationship between the United Nations and the Sri Lankan government came under greater strain this week after a firebrand government minister's hunger strike at the gates of the main U.N. office here prompted the U.N.'s resident representative to be recalled.
07/06/2010
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Voice of America
Protesters in Sri Lanka led by a Cabinet minister have surrounded the United Nations office to demand the world body end a probe into allegations of human rights abuses during the country's civil war.
07/01/2010
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Sunday Leader
Earlier Housing Minister Wimal Weerawansa urged Sri Lankans to surround the UN office and hold its staff hostage until the advisory panel on Sri Lanka is scrapped (Daily Mirror). The government assured the UN that this was the Minister’s ‘individual opinion’. UN Associate Spokesman Farhan Haq said that the body had not mobilized against any immediate threat.