Colombo, Aug 24, 2025 (AFP) - Former presidents back Sri Lanka's jailed ex-leader

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2025-08-24

Three former presidents of Sri Lanka expressed solidarity with jailed ex-leader Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday and condemned his incarceration as a "calculated assault" on democracy. The trio, former political rivals of Wickremesinghe -- president between July 2022 and September 2024 -- said the charges against him were frivolous. He has been accused of using $55,000 in state funds for a stopover in Britain while returning home after a G77 summit......

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