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How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government

How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka’s government

A Catholic priest, a digital strategist and a popular playwright sought to bring down a government. They did.

Devjyot Ghoshal and Uditha Jayasinghe

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In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka’s flagging protest movement.

The group, which included a Catholic priest, a digital strategist and a popular playwright, succeeded beyond their wildest hopes.

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