.: Black Resist - on 10th July

Civil Society organising a black resisting day against giving nomination for former president Mahind Rajapaksha to contest for the forthcomming parliamentary election from United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA) party.

Protest will commence on 10th of July, starting from 2.00PM and begin from Technical Junction of Pettah.

Civil Organisations and many political parties work together to defeat MR during the presidencial election held in January 2015 and now he expects to contest under the UPFA party as group leader. Civil society considering it as a threat to the win had during the January election by selecting Maithripala Sirisena as the President of the country.

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NAFSO (National Fisheries Solidarity Movement), organizes fishermen to lobby the government to defend their rights and to bring about good environmental practice in coastal areas. ...NAFSO has helped a fishing community to take legal action against a proposal to build a five-star hotel on a mangrove where fish spawn."We are not against hotels, because they bring tourism and income. But 3,000 families and 15,000 fishermen use this lagoon and all of them could be affected by the developments. Only 200 would be employed by the hotel. The lagoon is our mother, and we must protect her." Jude Preman Fernando, local fisherman. At the present situation we are continuing our campaign with small scale fishermen to urge the government to take legal action against Destructive Fishing Practices around the coastal areas of Sri Lanka. View my complete profile

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Black Resist - on 10th July