{"id":113736,"date":"2013-11-07T00:03:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-06T18:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=113736"},"modified":"2013-11-07T10:05:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-07T04:35:45","slug":"scribes-to-be-far-from-the-action-at-chogm-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/scribes-to-be-far-from-the-action-at-chogm-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Scribes To Be Far From The Action At CHOGM 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some 800 Journalists and Photojournalists accredited to cover the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Colombo will mostly be relegated to watching events and proceedings from the Media Centre at the summit venue, Sri Lankan authorities said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_98168\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/facing-death-threats-ahead-of-visit-to-commonwealth-meeting\/callum-macrae-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-98168\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98168\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-98168\" title=\"Callum Macrae\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Callum-Macrae-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Callum-Macrae-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Callum-Macrae-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-98168\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Callum Macrae<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Media Centre at BMICH, where the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=CHOGM&amp;x=12&amp;y=3\">CHOGM<\/a><\/span> meetings will be held between 15-17 November was estimated to cost a whopping Rs. 800 million and features a small television screen on which sessions and main events will be telecast live off the feed of the official CHOGM broadcaster.<\/p>\n<p>The Media Ministry of Sri Lanka has decided that no journalists or photographers will be permitted to be at the Bandaranaike International Airport for the arrivals of Prince of Wales and Heads of Government, except the summit&#8217;s official photographer and television broadcaster. 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