Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Friday, June 3, 2011

Sri Lanka workers strike for fifth day, more unrest feared

On Friday, the president ordered 1 million Sri Lanka rupees ($9,111) in compensation to the family of the dead worker, officials said. Two police officers were arrested over the shootings and the police chief also stepped down.[ID:nL3E7H12SZ]

Also on Friday, hundreds of Buddhist monks marched towards the president's residence to protest the killing. A Reuters reporter saw police remove barricades to let them approach the heavily secured building in central Colombo.


http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/srilanka-unions-idUSL3E7H30EX20110603