10 January 2013: Thugs armed with wooden poles, rocks, glass tubes attacked, verbally abused lawyers led peaceful protest march and physically prevented them marching on. Police protected the thugs standing in front of them and did not arrest the any of the thugs behave violently and threateningly. Demo vehicles belongs to a ruling politician was parked with rocks and poles in the vicinity. SLB posts this this photo story on flagrant violation of peoples right to free expression and peaceful assembly courtesy of Vikalpa and other media sources.
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| Protected by Police thugs lined up behind them |
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| Start shouting abusing slogans and threatening demonstrators |
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| Attorney at law, Ravaya editor K.W. Janaranjana and Attorney at law, UNP parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara talked to the police |
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| Armed thugs were already at work in full police view |
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| Some of them were waiting for preys smiling |
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| Underage ones as well following the demonstrators |
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| Thugs too over the streets, Police did nothing |
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| Attacked passer by underage one again on the scean |