One year after Sri Lanka's extraordinary people's protest, what has changed in the country?
The decline of the Rajapaksa family would have been unthinkable a few months before. The politically powerful family was popular for crushing the Tamil Tiger separatists in May 2009 and ending the country's 25-year civil war.
Mr Kaluthantri himself surrendered to police and spent 21 days in custody on charges of desecrating the presidential flag. The case against him continues. "I have no regrets. I did it for the country and people," says Mr Kaluthanthri, who was suspended from his job for two months.Mr Kaluthantri says he took the flags so Mr Rajapaksa wouldn't be able to act as president without them
Mr Mudalige was arrested under the draconian Prevention of Terrorism Act and spent more than five months in prison. Many other protesters have also been charged under various laws, and some have been sentenced to prison. Yet many of the protest leaders look back at the movement with pride. Although the protests have gone silent for now, some protesters like Samadhi Brahmananayake argue that the agitation showed what people's power can do.
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