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Sri Lankan protesters include Tamil victims in war memorial

People wait in a fuel station to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy having announced that it is suspending upto $ 7 billion foreign loans due to be repaid this year because of a foreign currency crisis. It has led to limited imports with no gasoline in filling stations. Other fuel, cooking gas, medicine and foods are in short supply forcing people to stay in long lines to buy the limited stocks. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People wait in a fuel station to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy having announced that it is suspending upto $ 7 billion foreign loans due to be repaid this year because of a foreign currency crisis. It has led to limited imports with no gasoline in filling stations. Other fuel, cooking gas, medicine and foods are in short supply forcing people to stay in long lines to buy the limited stocks. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People wait in a fuel station to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy having announced that it is suspending upto $ 7 billion foreign loans due to be repaid this year because of a foreign currency crisis. It has led to limited imports with no gasoline in filling stations. Other fuel, cooking gas, medicine and foods are in short supply forcing people to stay in long lines to buy the limited stocks. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People wait in a fuel station to buy kerosene oil for cooking in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy having announced that it is suspending upto $ 7 billion foreign loans due to be repaid this year because of a foreign currency crisis. It has led to limited imports with no gasoline in filling stations. Other fuel, cooking gas, medicine and foods are in short supply forcing people to stay in long lines to buy the limited stocks. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Human rights activists walk to offer flowers to the sea in remembrance of victims of Sri Lanka's civil war, at the ongoing anti government protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered followers on Wednesday remembering thousands including ethnic Tamil civilians killed in the final stages of the country's long civil war, in the first-ever event where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese openly memorialised the minority group. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Human rights activists observe a minute silence in remembrance of victims of Sri Lanka's civil war, at the ongoing anti government protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered followers on Wednesday remembering thousands including ethnic Tamil civilians killed in the final stages of the country's long civil war, in the first-ever event where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese openly memorialised the minority group. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A Christian nun sings hymns as activists observe a minute silence in remembrance of victims of Sri Lanka's civil war, at the ongoing anti government protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered followers on Wednesday remembering thousands including ethnic Tamil civilians killed in the final stages of the country's long civil war, in the first-ever event where mostly majority ethnic Sinhalese openly memorialised the minority group. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lankan protesters include Tamil victims in war memorial