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Newsday: 28/07/2022 04:06 GMT : Sri Lanka extends crackdown on anti-government protesters

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28/07/2022 04:06 GMT : Sri Lanka extends crackdown on anti-government protesters

Sri Lanka extends crackdown on anti-government protesters

BBC World Service - Newsday, Sri Lanka extends crackdown on anti-government protesters

A state of emergency has been extended until mid-August

A state of emergency has been extended until mid-August and two protest organisers have been detained.

In Sri Lanka, a crackdown on anti-government protesters has widened, a state of emergency has been extended until mid-August and two protest organisers have been detained.

Four cases of coronavirus have have led to a lockdown in China's central city of Wuhan, the place where Covid was first recorded before the global outbreak.

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