(PICTURES) USA-wide protests in solidarity with Sri Lankan protestors

COLOMBO (News 1st); For the first time in history, Sri Lankan living in the United States of America organized a USA-wide protest on the 1st of May 2022, in solidarity with the protests taking place in Sri Lanka against the present President, Prime Minister, and Government.

Thousands of Sri Lankans living in the United States stood in solidarity with their fellow Sri Lankans in a protest series organized by the Sri Lankan Student Collective in the USA.

The protests took place across 50 locations in 43 States in the US.

The Sri Lankans in America also signed a series of letters requesting that the wealth and income of Rajapaksa's who hold US citizenship, be investigated and to save Sri Lanka from the Rajapaksas.

The letters are to be submitted to the Senate and the US Congress.