{"id":191596,"date":"2018-06-25T00:26:26","date_gmt":"2018-06-24T18:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=191596"},"modified":"2018-06-26T15:49:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T10:19:55","slug":"human-rights-commission-cries-foul-over-daily-mirror-lead-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/human-rights-commission-cries-foul-over-daily-mirror-lead-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Commission Cries \u2018Foul\u2019 Over Daily Mirror Lead Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) has strongly objected to what it claims is a factually incorrect report published in the Daily Mirror (June 25, 2018) under the caption \u2018SL Army Peace Keeping Mission held up due to delay in clearance by HRCSL\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The HRCSL claims that the newspaper had erred in terms of the date of commencement of the process of vetting personnel and also states that there was no delay on the part of HRCSL.<\/p>\n<p>The full text of the letter is given below:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-191598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-1-768x1055.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-1-746x1024.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-191597 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"895\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018.jpg 895w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/HRCSL-letter-to-Editor-in-Chief-of-Daily-Mirror-on-Lead-Story-in-Daily-Mirror-of-25-june-2018-768x469.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 895px) 100vw, 895px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":178258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-191596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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