that's michelle fernandez, talking to us from colombo, italy's prime minister george maloney is one. the 2nd of 2 confidence votes in parliament. a majority in the senate voted in favor of a coalition government in widen state. and our house voted on tuesday. bologna leads to countries most far white government. since world war 2 are russian court has dismissed claims that jailed opposition leader alexis the volley has been sent to a so called punishment. so the only address the court by a video link from prison, he says he was kept on the cell alone for 2 months now only was arrested in russia last year as you returned from germany, had gone there to recover after being poisoned by a nerve agent an event he blames on the kremlin is serving a 9 year sentence and charges of fraud and contempt to court. i am considered the worst offender and i am in solitary confinement because of systemic fabrication of ridiculous violations. i'm even ashamed to admit, i addressed an officer by his name. seriously. how else can i address him? i'm alone and punishment self a 2 months. there is nobody i

michelle fernandez has more on how people are being impacted. and this is where the huge cost of living is being felt. most consumers having to do that daily or weekly shop are finding that prices have gone up $35.00 full. sometimes inflation has hit a 90 percent and more in terms of food inflation. i did speak to a pensioner, he said his money is stretching far less and for sri lankan, if not just food, it's electricity, it's water, it's fuel. so all of these things really crippling for them on a day to day basis. eat very deeply that even i find it equal dental officially, when i get to the minute the oil of one of these empty at the end with its economy in the war state and living memory. the shank and government is hoping for a $2900000000.00 bill out from the international monetary fund. it has reached the staff level agreement with the institution, but that is very much dependent on the country. being able to come up with an acceptable roadmap, agreed to by its creditors of how they will repeat the unsustainable debt. as some observers hav

michelle fernandez has more from mister lincoln capital right from the outset. this resolution was going to be passed and now, or we've seen 20 of those countries voting for the resolution. of course, of the core group on sri lanka, as they call themselves the united states. the u. k. and others are essentially making a case for bringing this resolution in. it reflects some of the more recent concerns outlined in the high commission report, especially the human rights impact of the economic crisis. and it also addresses several long standing issues which still need to be addressed. these include the lack of accountability for past violations, but many unresolved cases of enforced disappearances. the need for shall anchor to meet his own commitments on the dilution of political authority, as well as a need to uphold the rights of all people in shall anchor intruding tunnels and muslims from shall, anchors perspective, right. at the outset, they had rejected the resolution even in geneva, the foreign minister saying that his government categorically rejects the re

michelle fernandez has more now from colombo, protested here on this very public promenade called the gold face in colombo. have been told that they can't demonstrate are due to us number of bureaucratic measures as a result in a, in a sort of a sand of an argument with a police officers. we've seen that some of the policemen have been told to kit up. they've got, they got gas masks on, they've obviously got their batons at the ready. this is the crowd of protested essentially who have got together. they've come together basically to mock a number of months of protest and also demanding an end to the government, a repression, as they call it. they say that the government is on a major which want to crack down on protest as we're behind the anti government protests that lead to the change of government and leadership. and they said that this is a purely public place that they have the right to do so produce death have been subjected to what industry men including being claimed as candidates. so we have gathered yesterday to call on the government of the man from the government release,

michelle fernandez has more now from colombo 100. if you want, the government says you can see the hundreds of people that are gathered here at this rally are brought out by frustration by anger. albany can on the crisis that this has brought them to their knees. there's a cross section of people that are people from trade unions from civil society. as you can see, just the faces. it's not just rebel youngsters trying to cause trouble. basically, a combined people's movement to fight against what they see. injustice mismanagement that has voucher lanka to his knees. now if you have more than a few up and on, and i bet we want to come to where everyone can live, even as a member of the middle class that i'm finding it very difficult to survive. me and among the different messages we're hearing from the said to day, it's about stopping the privatization of state enterprises. it's about managing the country better. we've also had a major pushback against state repression against the government's violent crackdown of people standing up a

michelle fernandez has more from colombo, contrary to what the government says, you can see the hundreds of people that are gathered here at this rally are brought out by frustration by anger. albany can on the crisis that they see has brought them to their knees. there's a cross section of people that are people from trade unions from civil society. as you can see, just the faces. it's not just rebel youngsters trying to cause trouble. basically, a combined people's movement to fight against what they see. injustice mismanagement, that is boucher lanka to his knees. now if you have more than the can you update on it? i bet we want to come to where everyone can live, even as a member of the middle class, that i'm finding it very difficult to survive in our, me. and among the different message, regular hearing from the said today, it's about stopping the privatization of state enterprises. it's about managing the country better. we've also had a major pushback against state repression against the government's violent crackdown of people standing up and speaking out against what they see i

michelle fernandez reports from colombo, protested here on this very public promenade called the gold fish in colombo. have been told that they can't demonstrate are due to us number of bureaucratic measures as a result in a, in a sort of a sound of an argument with a police officers. we've seen that some of the policemen have been told to kit up. they've got, they got gas masks on, they've obviously got their batons at the ready. this is the crowd of protest as essentially who have got together. they've come together basically to mark a number of months of protest and also demanding an end to the government, a repression, as they call it. they say that the government is on a major which hand to crack down on protesters who are behind the anti government rotors that lead to the change of government and leadership. and they said that this is a purely public place that they have the right to do so. now, one of the things that they have talked about and expressed concern about is a bill of creating a bureau of rehabilitation. and what this means, because it essentially allows for the use