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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, Sep 22 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lanka's health workers staged a protest Wednesday demanding proper facilities and protective equipment needed for Covid -19 related works, additional allowance for overtime work, and special Covid -19 allowance. The trade union action was carried out in most government hospitals throughout the country, according to the relevant trade unions. With the third wave of the pandemic hitting Sri Lanka, health workers too have engaged in a series of protests and demonstrations advancing their demands while the government has not positively responded to their claims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS HOLDING PLACARDS STAGE A PROTEST DEMANDING SOLUTIONS TO SEVERAL OF THEIR WORK-RELATED ISSUES, OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo (Sri Lanka), Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Chamila Karunarathne) .- Health workers carried out a strike on Thursday in front of the Colombo National Hospital to demand job improvements and prioritization of vaccination against Covid-19 to health personnel.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST ORGANIZED IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Dec 28 (EFE/EPA).- A group of Buddhist monks staged a protest Monday in front of the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo against the burial of Covid-19 victims. The buddhist groups claim the cremation of Covid-19 victims should be made mandatory while Sri Lankan Muslims continue to protest against the cremation of Covid-19 victims. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE)SHOT LIST: BUDDHIST MONKS PROTEST AGAINST THE BURIAL OF COVID-19 VICTIMS IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.
Colombo, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).-Colombo, Aug 28 (EFE/EPA).- Sri Lankan activists and family members of enforced disappeared persons gathered outside the main court complex in Colombo on Friday to demand justice for their loved ones. According to the Amnesty International, Sri Lanka has one of the world’s highest number of enforced disappearances, with a backlog of between 60,000 and 100,000 disappearances since the late 1980s. (Camera: CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE). SHOT LIST: PEOPLE GATHER TO PROTEST OUTSIDE THE MAIN COURT COMPLEX IN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA.