@Chanch_SL This is actually because of an Amber Alert given by the department of meteorology forecasting waves around 3m high. All of them were meant to be temporary decks anyway that could be pulled in the off season and they weren’t. Hence the quick demolition
@lew1ya The Coastal Conservation Department is doing this to actually protect the coast, with raising sea levels, these establishments run the risk of being destroyed at which point people will say why didn’t the government do anything?
Ahangama is already a very gentrified town
@buthmeee Across the country people are still starving, still unable to buy meat, buy school stationary, healthcare is inefficient. People didn't forget. They are still living the nightmare. Their choice is reflective of that need for change.
A girls' school in Iran brought a member of the IRGC-run Basij paramilitary to speak to students. The girls welcomed the speaker by taking off their headscarves & chanting "get lost, Basiji".
Teenage girls have been at the forefront of protests for days.
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The term “Rest in Power” was made for Black people who were killed unlawfully, not for a woman who sat on a throne made from blood diamonds stolen from the countries her family brutalised for centuries
Flower Road, inner flower road is full of police barricades, the army and police officers. In the middle of it is a long line of vehicles for fuel. One outnumbers the other.
"In June 2022, food inflation was at 80.1%." The economic and political situation in #SriLanka may be grim, but Saheli Wikramanayake, a final year law student at the University of Colombo, finds cause for optimism in this report for @JURISTnews. https://t.co/DLq8QHz0Rm