{"id":120734,"date":"2014-03-01T00:05:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=120734"},"modified":"2014-03-12T15:12:27","modified_gmt":"2014-03-12T09:42:27","slug":"icp-questions-ban-ki-moon-on-colombo-telegraph-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/icp-questions-ban-ki-moon-on-colombo-telegraph-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"ICP Questions Ban Ki-moon On Colombo Telegraph &#8216;Ban&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.innercitypress.com\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Inner City Press<\/span><\/a> has asked UN Secretary General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ban+Ki-moon&amp;x=11&amp;y=1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ban Ki-moon<\/span><\/a> about whether he has a view on the ban on the Colombo Telegraph in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ban vaguely supports free press,&#8221; was the response, ICP tweeted a short while ago.<\/p>\n<p>Inner City Press also asked if the Sri Lanka country team to the UN had any comments on the ban.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>On <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23SriLanka&amp;src=hash\">#SriLanka<\/a>, ICP asks if <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23UN&amp;src=hash\">#UN<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23LKA&amp;src=hash\">#LKA<\/a> Team have a view of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colombotelegrap\">@ColomboTelegrap<\/a> being banned. A: Ban is generally for free press<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inner City Press (@innercitypress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innercitypress\/statuses\/439453596493815808\">February 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>Ban vaguely supports free press. Video when I get it MT &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colombotelegrap\">@colombotelegrap<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innercitypress\">@innercitypress<\/a> Thanks Matthew, what&#8217;d they say?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inner City Press (@innercitypress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innercitypress\/statuses\/439459833012834304\">February 28, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>I also asked what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23UN&amp;src=hash\">#UN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23LKA&amp;src=hash\">#LKA<\/a> Country Team has to say. Nothing? MT &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/colombotelegrap\">@colombotelegrap<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innercitypress\">@innercitypress<\/a> Thanks, what&#8217;d they say?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Inner City Press (@innercitypress) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/innercitypress\/statuses\/439460206024859648\">February 28, 2014<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related posts;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a title=\"Sri Lankan Govt. Periodically Blocked Colombo Telegraph In 2013: US Human Rights Report\" href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lankan-govt-periodically-blocked-colombo-telegraph-in-2013-us-human-rights-report\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sri Lankan Govt. 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