Tamil Guardian
Monks suspend Gnanasara sit-in as prelates negotiate and UNP demands pardon
Monks suspend Gnanasara sit-in as prelates negotiate and UNP demands pardon by Thusiyan Thu, 29/10/2026 - 15:52 Body Monks protesting outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on 15 October. Photograph: Daily FT Sinhala Buddhist monks have suspended their sit-in in Colombo demanding the release of the extremist monk Galagoda Aththe Gnanasara, after Sri Lanka’s most senior Buddhist prelates said they were negotiating with the government, as the United National Party (UNP) called for him to be pardoned immediately. The campaign has drawn in the chief prelate of the Asgiriya chapter, who h…