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International Media reporter also faced to the water cannon
15:00 Jun 7 2023 Nugegoda
Journalist/ media worker Female Government Security Personnel Tear gas/ Water canon Media Freedom and Freedom of expression
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Al Jazeera reporter Minelle Fernandez faced a water cannon attack while reporting live from a protest site that was held in Colombo. On 7th June Inter-University Student Federation organised a protest from University of Sri Jayawardanapura in Nugegoda to Colombo. It was dispersed by the Police when it reached Nugegoda town.News Source Link
https://twitter.com/AJEnglish/status/1666441657535930368https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/7/tear-gas-water-cannon-fired-on-protesting-sri-lankan-students
https://www.newswire.lk/2023/06/07/police-use-tear-gas-water-cannon-to-disperse-protest-in-nugegoda/
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