Police and anti-government demonstrators and university students clash during a protest demanding the release of student leaders and against the privatization of education and health, in Colombo on June 7, 2023.
Protesters and police confront each other amid the protest. Protesters have been demanding release of student leaders, and opposing the privatization of education and health.
Earlier in 2023, several human rights groups, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, urged Sri Lankan government to release a student activist and raised concerns over an antiterrorism law that routinely denied bail to people arrested last year, said an Aljazeera report.
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