michelle fernandez has more in this from colombo, where the rally took place. ah, united by frustration, anger, and a need to speak out. thousands of she lumpkins from different communities, faith and background, came together in colombo. they demanded an end to the government suppression of peaceful protest against the economic crisis. it brought the country to a near standstill and left people struggling to get by activists. joseph stalin is free on bill after being charged in 4 different cases related to taking part in protests. gabriella g watson, about alcorda, audi, about one of our neighbors we label can't live. the cost of things are 3 times out of the people salaries. father farmers labors fishermen can't survive while the government wants to stop people taking to the streets. that is what this repression is about. on, on a larger buckley who will not let me model the neglect other demonstrators say they want the government to stop using terrorist law as against protested. and to repeal the prevention of terrorism act, the media was used against these

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michelle fernandez is joining us live now from colombo. well, once again, people are out on the streets. yeah, that's right. it's just that the anger and frustration seems to be bubbling over once again. we did have a few weeks of a sort of a higher test where the government launched a sort of an over the top crack down. people were yanked off the streets were dead to question and challenge the government. but having seen that and having bad this sort of course, and the great difficulty of the economic crisis with people finding it difficult to put food on the table, people are once again angry, frustrated, and speaking out. if you just look over my shoulder, i mean this is a part of the march, which is now coming to end people have actually, if i just move along just over this side, if you see the marches have moved on, they gathered here for over an hour now they are walking towards the main realization of the country. now this despite a massive crack down by the government, dire warnings. in fact, this is a 3 page letter fired off to a