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Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters

A protestor reacts to a police announcement aired using loudspeakers ordering protesters to vacate the site of months long anti government protests outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a state of emergency July 27. The decree gives the president the power to make regulations in the interest of public security and order. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A group of protesters dismantle their tents as they prepare to vacate the site of months long anti government protest site outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A woman reacts to a police announcement aired using loudspeakers ordering protesters to vacate the site of months long anti government protests outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a state of emergency July 27. The decree gives the president the power to make regulations in the interest of public security and order. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters react to a police announcement aired using loudspeakers ordering protesters to vacate the site of months long anti government protests outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a state of emergency July 27. The decree gives the president the power to make regulations in the interest of public security and order. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A woman reacts to a police announcement aired using loudspeakers ordering protesters to vacate the site of months long anti government protests outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 4, 2022. Sri Lanka's Parliament approved a state of emergency July 27. The decree gives the president the power to make regulations in the interest of public security and order. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) In this handout photo provided by then Sri Lankan President's Office, President Ranil Wickremesinghe delivers his policy speech to lawmakers during the opening of the new parliamentary session in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) Protesters stand by their tents at the ongoing protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe says his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A protester stands by a banner carrying anti- government slogans at the ongoing protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe says his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters shout against president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government at the ongoing protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Sri Lanka's new president says his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters shout against president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Sri Lanka's new president says his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Anti-government protesters shout slogans against electing Ranil w'ickremesinghe as president at the ongoing protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Sri Lanka's new president says his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Protesters shout against president Ranil Wickremesinghe's government in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Sri Lanka's new president says his government is preparing a national policy roadmap for the next 25 years that aims to cut public debt and turn the country into a competitive export economy as it seeks a way out of its worst economic disaster. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)