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On 29th July, a protest by unemployed graduates was attacked with water cannons and tear gas by the Police, when the protestors marched from the Fort railway station in Colombo towards the Presidential Secretariat . They protested against exclusion of graduates with visual and auditory impairments, and division of external and internal graduates in the recruitment processes. They demanded a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss irregularities occurred in graduate recruitment process to government employments. However their request was denied, and the protesters were attacked with water cannons and tear gas. In a video published by Hiru News, a Police officer denied that they attacked the protestors, asked others to take the person away when a protestor was being assisted by fellow protestors.