Police use water cannons on protesters...

May 8, 2018  

Riot police used high-pressure water cannons to disperse protesting unemployed graduates near the Lotus Roundabout in Colombo today (8). The protest was organized by the Combined Association of Unemployed Graduates, demanding the jobs promised to graduates by the government.

Police use water cannons on protesters...
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