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Thousands of protesters surround stadium in Sri Lanka during cricket match against AustraliaProtesters participate in an anti-government demonstration outside the Galle International Cricket Stadium in Galle on July 9, 2022.
Local media showed videos of large crowds protesting against the government outside the Galle International Stadium, which is about a two-hour drive from Colombo. They waved Sri Lankan flags and carried banners with signs reading “Power to the people” and “GotaGoHome” — demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa step down over his handling of the country's dire economic crisis.
“Protesters in cranes, others on the back of trucks – it’s intense out there now, louder than ever and going nowhere,” he said onAmid economic turmoil and widespread protests in the island nation, the Australian cricket team arrived in Sri Lanka in the first week of June to play two Tests, five One Day Internationals and three Twenty20 International matches against the Lions.
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