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Colombo, Dec 23 (EFE/EPA).- Supporters of the Sri Lankan opposition and Muslim groups staged Wednesday a protest against the forced cremation of COVID-19 victims imposed by the government.Authorities claim they see the need to cremate the bodies of those infected by COVID-19 as the consequences of burying them is still unclear. Muslims across the world bury their dead.(Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF THE SRI LANKAN MAIN OPPOSITION AND GROUPS OF MUSLIMS PROTESTING IN FRONT OF THE MAIN PUBLIC CEMETERY IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Oct 8 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) Around 100,000 health workers began a five-hour strike across the country this Friday demanding solutions and the allocation of a payment for risk of covid-19, in addition to other demands.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTESTS IN A COLOMBO HOSPITAL, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Jan 4 (EFE/EPA).- Members of the Sri Lankan Buddhist religious organization 'New Sinhale National Movement' staged a protest near the Presidential Secretariat on Monday against the burial of the Covid-19 victims. They say the cremation of Covid-19 should be made mandatory. However, Sri Lankan Muslims continue to protest against the cremation of Covid-19 victims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: PROTEST AGAINST THE BURIAL OF COVID-19 VICTIMS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Phnom Penh / Bangkok / Colombo, May 6 (EFE/EPA).- Various countries across Asia on Wednesday celebrated the Buddhist Vesak Day, the anniversary of Buddha's enlightenment, with ceremonies that have specially been adjusted this year to follow the social-distancing measures due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Vesak Day or Visakha Bucha, is one of the holiest days in Buddhism to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and passing away of Buddha. (Camera: KITH SEREY/DIEGO AZUBEL/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)FOOTAGE SHOWS CELEBRATIONS DURING BUDHA'S BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY IN (00:00 - 00:02) PHNOM PENH (CAMBODIA), (00:02 - 00:03) BANGKOK (THAILAND) AND (00:03 - 00:05) COLOMBO (SRI LANKA).
Colombo, Apr 21 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka on Tuesday relived the painful memories of the deadly Easter bombings that killed more than 250 people, and injured around 500 exactly a year ago on Apr. 21.Shenobe Charles, 25, vividly remembers the agonizing sound she heard while being thrown to the floor on that fateful day at the St. Anthony's Shrine, situated in Colombo's Kochchikade area. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOTLIST:- B-ROLLS OF THE REFURBISHED ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH AT KATUWAPITIYA IN NEGOMBO, 38 KILOMETERS FROM COLOMBO.- STATEMENTS OF REVEREND FATHER JOY MARIYARATNAM OF ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH WHO WAS ONE AMONG THOSE CONDUCTING MASS ON THE FATEFUL EASTER SUNDAY IN 2019 AT THE ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN KOCHCHIKADE.- THE CEMETERY WITH THE GRAVES OF THE EASTER SUNDAY 2019 SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK VICTIMS AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH. - PRADEEP SUSANTHA SEATED AMONG THE GRAVES OF FOUR OF HIS FAMILY MEMBER WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH KATUWAPITIYA IN NEGOMBO.- AN EVENING VIEW OF THE ST. ANTHONY’S SHRINE IN KOCHCHIKADE, ONE OF THE SITES OF THE SUICIDE ATTACKS.- STATEMENT OF REVEREND FATHER SHAMEERA RODRIGO, WHO WAS ONE AMONG THOSE CONDUCTING MASS ON THE FATEFUL EASTER SUNDAY IN 2019 AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN KATUWAPITIYA. - CALISTUS PERERA HOLDS A PHOTOGRAPH OF HIS WIFE AND SON, WHOM HE LOST DURING THE SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2019 AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN KATUWAPITIYA, NEGOMBO.- NADULA DEEMANTHA, THE YOUNGER BROTHER OF ROCHANA SATHRUWANI, A VICTIM OF THE 2019 EASTER SUNDAY SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK AT THE ST. SEBASTIAN’S CHURCH KATUWAPITIYA SHOWS A FRAMED PORTRAIT OF HIS SISTER AT THEIR RESIDENCE AT KATUWAPITIYA IN NEGOMBO.- SANJEEWANI FERNANDO, MOTHER OF ROCHANA SATHRUWANI A BOMB VICTIM OF THE ST. SEBASTIAN CHURCH IN KATUWAPITIYA, SHOWS HER DAUGHTER’S SCHOOL EXERCISE BOOK AT THEIR RESIDENCE IN KATUWAPITIYA, NEGOMBO.- OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE SHANGRI-LA HOTEL WHICH HAS BEEN REFURBISHED AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2019 IN COLOMBO- OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE KINGSBURY HOTEL WHICH HAS BEEN REFURBISHED AFTER BEING DAMAGED BY A SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK ON EASTER SUNDAY OF 2019 IN COLOMBOSOUNDBITES: REVEREND FATHER JOY MARIYARATNAM AND REVEREND FATHER SHAMEERA RODRIGO (IN ENGLISH).
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