{"id":58312,"date":"2012-11-02T01:02:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T01:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=58312"},"modified":"2012-11-03T22:02:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T22:02:15","slug":"freedom-of-expression-cpj-ifj-ims-jds-pen-and-rsf-submission-to-upr-of-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/freedom-of-expression-cpj-ifj-ims-jds-pen-and-rsf-submission-to-upr-of-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Of Expression: CPJ, IFJ, IMS, JDS, PEN And RSF Submission To UPR Of Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/freedom-of-expression-cpj-ifj-ims-jds-pen-and-rsf-submission-to-upr-of-sri-lanka\/capture-cpj-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-58389\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-58389 lazyload\" title=\"Capture CPJ\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Capture-CPJ1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"184\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Capture-CPJ1.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Capture-CPJ1-300x148.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 371px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 371\/184;\" \/><\/a>The Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists, International Media Support, Journalists for Democracy in Sri Lanka, PEN International\u00a0and Reporters Without Borders made the below\u00a0shadow report to the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights for the Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council.<\/p>\n<p>Read it <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/JS3_UPR_LKA_S14_2012_JointSubmission3_E1.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":58386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,46,8],"tags":[6086,6081,6082,6083,6084,6085],"class_list":["post-58312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-constitutional-reforms","category-editorial","tag-uprlka-freedom-of-expression","tag-cpj","tag-ifj","tag-ims","tag-jds","tag-pen-and-rsf-submission-to-upr-of-sri-lanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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