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YouTuber Rathidu Senarathna alias “Ratta” was arrested by the Slave Island Police on 30th May. Ratta was arrested over allegations that he had violated a court order issued against a protest he took part in. Police alleged that he had protested opposite the Fort Magistrate’s court on the 25th of May 2022, and had obstructed the duties of the police officers present at the premises. He was granted bail after presenting before the magistrate. The protest that led to his arrest had taken place demanding the arrest of suspects connected to the attack on peaceful demonstrators on 09th May. Ratta a popular youtuber who has around 1.4 million subscribers on YouTube, was a prominent figure in Sri Lanka’s anti-government protests demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government over the country’s worsening economic crisis