{"id":58160,"date":"2012-10-31T18:56:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T18:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=58160"},"modified":"2012-11-02T02:31:55","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T02:31:55","slug":"demand-justice-in-sri-lanka-reaches-one-million-supporters-amnesty-international-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/demand-justice-in-sri-lanka-reaches-one-million-supporters-amnesty-international-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand Justice In Sri Lanka Reaches One Million Supporters &#8211; Amnesty International India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In August, Amnesty India launched its first major campaign in India. In just a day, more than 50,000 people from all over India called or sent an SMS to us to show their support and solidarity for the victims of injustice in Sri Lanka. Tomorrow, 1 November, marks the start of Sri Lanka&#8217;s review before the United Nations&#8217; Human Rights Council, as it conducts its <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=UPR&amp;x=7&amp;y=9\">Universal Periodic Review<\/a><\/span>. Today, the campaign has more than 1 million supporters. Our first campaign: &#8220;Demand Justice in Sri Lanka,&#8221; has raised more activism than we could have anticipated, showing that human rights is indeed a boiling issue in India. 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