{"id":43978,"date":"2012-06-05T00:19:28","date_gmt":"2012-06-05T00:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=43978"},"modified":"2012-06-05T19:39:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-05T19:39:32","slug":"rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Rajapksa In Diamond Jubilee: Support Demonstrations And Protest Demonstrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa \u00a0Arrived in London Monday (04) to attend the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II.\u00a0Two Sri Lankan children and Sri Lankan High Commissioner in UK, Dr. Chris Nonis along with his staff welcomed President \u00a0at the Heathrow International Airport in London. Tamil activists protested outside the Hotel Hilton from 1pm and Sinhala\u00a0supporters also conducted a\u00a0demonstration supporting President Rajapaksa outside the hotel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_44001\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations\/london-mahind-welcome-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-44001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44001\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44001\" title=\"London Mahind welcome  colombo telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-Mahind-welcome-colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-Mahind-welcome-colombo-telegraph.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-Mahind-welcome-colombo-telegraph-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-44001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahinda Rajapaksa Arrived in London<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43996\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations\/londo-protest-1-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43996\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43996\" class=\" wp-image-43996\" title=\"Londo protest 1 colombo telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Londo-protest-1-colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Londo-protest-1-colombo-telegraph.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Londo-protest-1-colombo-telegraph-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Londo-protest-1-colombo-telegraph-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43996\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protest outside the Hotel Hilton<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations\/london-protest-3-colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43989\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-43989\" title=\"London protest 3 colombo telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-3-colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"622\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-3-colombo-telegraph.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-3-colombo-telegraph-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-3-colombo-telegraph-800x600.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43982\" style=\"width: 593px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations\/london-protest-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43982\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43982\" class=\" wp-image-43982  \" title=\"London protest 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-2.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43982\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LTTE Flag outside the Hotel Hilton<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_43979\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/rajapksa-in-diamond-jubilee-support-demonstrations-and-protest-demonstrations\/london-protest-4colombo-telegraph\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43979\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43979\" title=\"London protest 4colombo telegraph\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-4colombo-telegraph.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-4colombo-telegraph.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/London-protest-4colombo-telegraph-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro- Rajapaksa demonstration<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0httpv:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SL2FBVRBc3o&amp;feature=relmfu<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 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