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Sajith urges President to intervene in monks’ protest outside Presidential Secretariat
Headline from Daily Mirror
From 4 outlets’ reports · latest
4 outlets · EN 3 · SI 2 · TA 1: 4 private. Languages: EN 3, SI 2, TA 1
AI summary
- The monks demonstrated near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo.
- Premadasa criticised the police response, according to several outlets.
- He asked the president to intervene directly, the Daily Mirror reported.
- Hiru News said he advocated protection for the Buddha Sasana and all religious communities.
Buddhist monks held a demonstration near the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo. The reports provide no date or further details about the protest.
Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa denounced the police response to the demonstrators, according to the Daily Mirror, Newswire and Hiru News. The outlets do not describe what police did.
The Daily Mirror reported that Premadasa asked President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to get personally involved. Hiru News said the opposition leader also called for the Buddha Sasana to be safeguarded while protecting other religious communities.
Based on: Newswire, Daily Mirror, Ada Derana, Hiru News
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NewswireEN
“Do not touch the Buddhist robe”: Sajith condemns police actionHiru NewsEN
Opposition leader condemns repression against Buddhist monksAda Derana (සිංහල)SI
භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාට එරෙහි මර්දනය සජිත් හෙළා දකීDaily MirrorEN
Sajith urges President to intervene in monks’ protest outside Presidential Secretariat
Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
Newsfirst (සිංහල) ·
භික්ෂුන් වහන්සේ බන්ධනාගාර තුළ රැඳී සිටින ආකාරය සහ බන්ධනාගාරයෙන් බැහැරට ගෙන යන ආකාරය පිළිබඳ පවතින නීති සංශෝධනය කරමින්, නව නිත්‍ය නියෝග සහ රෙගුලාසි ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට කමිටුවක් පත්කරනවා - ජනපතිAda Derana (தமிழ்) ·
ஞானசார தேரருக்காக கண்டியிலிருந்து ஆரம்பமான பாதயாத்திரை!Newswire ·
Laws must be amended to protect dignity of Buddhist Monks : SajithHiru News (தமிழ்) ·
ஞானசார தேரரை விடுதலை செய்யக் கோரி பேரணி – ஜனாதிபதி செயலகம் முன்பாக பதற்றம்!
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Hiru News· PrivateEN·
Opposition leader condemns repression against Buddhist monksHiru News· PrivateEN·
Sajith calls for protection of Buddha Sasana and all religious communitiesHiru News (සිංහල)· PrivateSI·
රටේ ඒකීයත්වය රැකීමට බුදුසසුනට ප්‍රමුඛස්ථානය දී සෙසු ආගම් ද සුරක්ෂා කළ යුතුයි - විපක්ෂ නායක සජිත්Hiru News (தமிழ்)· PrivateTA·
*தேரர்களின் காவி உடையைத் தொடாதீர்கள்! – ஜனாதிபதி செயலகத்திற்கு அருகில் நடைபெறும் போராட்டம் தொடர்பில் சஜித் பிரேமதாச கண்டனம்Ada Derana (සිංහල)· PrivateSI·
භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේලාට එරෙහි මර්දනය සජිත් හෙළා දකීDaily Mirror· PrivateEN·
Sajith urges President to intervene in monks’ protest outside Presidential SecretariatNewswire· PrivateEN·
“Do not touch the Buddhist robe”: Sajith condemns police action