{"id":269,"date":"2011-09-25T22:12:42","date_gmt":"2011-09-25T22:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=269"},"modified":"2011-09-25T22:12:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-25T22:12:42","slug":"shavendra-case-ministry-of-defence-is-silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/shavendra-case-ministry-of-defence-is-silence\/","title":{"rendered":"Shavendra case \u2013 Ministry of Defence is silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_282\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrasilawc_front-12.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"size-full wp-image-282\" title=\"shavendraSilaWC_Front (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrasilawc_front-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-282\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shavendra in trouble<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am willing to face whatever allegations are made against me or those who served under my command in any court anywhere in the world. Anyone can bring allegations and I am willing to contest all those allegations\u201d Shavendra Silava told the media. But the Ministry of defence web site doesn\u2019t say anything about Shavendra\u2019s case. See<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defence.lk\/english.asp\">http:\/\/www.defence.lk\/english.asp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>American University Washington College of Law\u2019s UNROW Human Rights Impact Litigation Clinic filed the lawsuit in the Southern District of New York (SDNY) against Sri Lankan General Shavendra Silva, who currently resides in New York City on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> of the September 2011.<\/p>\n<p>Related news links; <a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/09\/24\/sl-general-war-crimes-case-filed-shavendra-in-trouble\/#comment-214\">http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/2011\/09\/24\/sl-general-war-crimes-case-filed-shavendra-in-trouble\/#comment-214<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrad1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-274\" title=\"Shavendrad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrad1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrad1.jpg 901w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrad1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrad1-800x584.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrac.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-273\" title=\"Shavendrac\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrac.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrac.jpg 892w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrac-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrac-800x591.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-272\" title=\"Shavendrab\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrab.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrab.jpg 896w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrab-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendrab-800x594.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendraa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-271\" title=\"Shavendraa\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendraa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendraa.jpg 897w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendraa-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/shavendraa-800x592.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,53,31,57,1,26],"tags":[1139,1161,6984,1145,1186,1183,1150],"class_list":["post-269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-disappearance","category-global-politics","category-judiciary","category-law-and-order","category-news","category-war-crimes","tag-democracy","tag-foreign-affairs","tag-judiciary","tag-left-politics","tag-ministry-of-defence","tag-shavendra-silva","tag-tamils"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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