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Tear gas used to disperse Sri Lanka medical students calling for president’s resignation | South China Morning Post

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Police in Sri Lanka used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesting medical students on May 29, 2022. Young protesters surrounded the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to demand his resignation. The latest demonstrations marked nearly two months of protests, sparked by the country’s worst economic crisis s…

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