A foretaste of worse to come
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Ada Derana, Hiru News and Tamilmirror report that Buddhist monks are holding a satyagraha at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo to seek the release of Ven. Galaboda Atte Gnanasara Thera. Ada Derana’s Tamil report also identifies the participants as a group of monks.
Ada Derana and Hiru News report that the protest had entered its sixth day, while separate Ada Derana reports place it on its fifth day. Tamilmirror’s headline describes it as continuing for a fourth day, and another Ada Derana report also gives a fourth-day count.
The Island reports that the protest took a dramatic turn on Saturday evening, when protesters and police confronted one another. Its available report excerpt identifies Ven. Balangoda Kassapa Thera as one of the people involved, but provides no further details about the encounter.
Written automatically by AI from the outlets’ own reports, and not reviewed by an editor. It can be wrong — the original report is the authority.
Earlier coverage
Reports on the same subject from the months before this story.
- Sri Lanka Mirror · Buddhist monks lead march in Kandy calling for Gnanasara Thera’s release (Photos)
- Daily Mirror · Tensions erupt near President’s Secretariat
- Ada Derana (සිංහල) · භික්ෂූන් වහන්සේ පිරිසක් විහාරමහා දේවි උද්යානයේ සත්යග්රහයක - පොලීසිය සහ භික්ෂූන් අතර උණුසුම් තත්ත්වයක්
- Ada Derana (தமிழ்) · கொழும்பில் பிக்குமாரின் சத்தியாக்கிரகம் மூன்றாவது நாளாகவும் தொடர்கிறது!