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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 9373246" data-attributes="member: 92282">Sri Lanka's main opposition on Saturday warned of an uprising, a day  after ruling party activists unleashed violent attacks against  demonstrators seeking the release of a jailed opposition leader.The  United National Party (UNP) said repeated violence against the  opposition, arson attacks on anti-government news organisations and  arrests of student leaders could lead to protests similar to those  sweeping the Arab world."The rulers cannot suppress the people  forever," UNP deputy leader Karu Jayasuriya said in a statement. "We  urge the government to look at what is happening in the Arab world and  learn a lesson."Violence erupted in the capital on Friday night  when ruling party activists attacked a UNP-led march demanding the  release of their presidential candidate and former army chief Sarath  Fonseka, who is serving a 30-month prison term.At least four  opposition MPs were among a dozen people wounded in the Friday night  attack, while cars belonging to opposition lawmakers were smashed by  ruling party activists."The two groups fought as the protest  march went past a religious ceremony organised by some government  lawmakers," police deputy inspector general Anura Senanayake said on  Friday night.There was no immediate comment from the government.Mass  protests gripped Sri Lanka soon after Fonseka's arrest last year, but  opposition rallies since then have seen diminished crowds.Fonseka  is widely credited with leading troops to crush Tamil Tiger rebels and  ending the island's 37-year separatist war in May 2009. However, he fell  out with President Mahinda Rajapakse on sharing the credit.Fonseka  was arrested two weeks after failing to unseat Rajapakse in the January  2010 presidential ballot. A court martial later found him guilty of  irregularities when he was army chief.The opposition has said it  will stage a mass rally in Colombo next week to mark the first year  since Fonseka's arrest by the military.Fonseka's imprisonment has  meant the loss of the seat he won in parliament last April and the  right to stand for public office until 2017.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iN8hR-Pkti2mGgSO1NG90iDoCCQA?docId=CNG.ad441e9e6426954997a1c8f17a1718c4.351" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.google.com/hostednews/img/afp_logo.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></blockquote>

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