7 Apr 2022

Petition for our government to take action on Sri Lanka

From Afternoons, 1:30 pm on 7 April 2022

The Sri Lankan population has been hit with shortages of food, medicines, fuel, gas, electricity... the list goes on.

When they tried to speak out and protest, the government blocked social media sites for 36 hours.

Now, a group of Kiwi-Lankans have launched a petition pleading our Government to take action.

Suveen Sanis Walgampola is one of those behind the petition, he talks to Jesse

Protestors in in Colombo during a demonstration against price rises and shortages of fuel and other essential commodities, 3 April 2022.

Photo: AFP

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