{"id":62288,"date":"2012-11-29T10:14:42","date_gmt":"2012-11-29T10:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=62288"},"modified":"2012-11-29T10:42:02","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T10:42:02","slug":"colombo-us-concerned-over-moves-to-stifle-free-expression","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/colombo-us-concerned-over-moves-to-stifle-free-expression\/","title":{"rendered":"Jaffna: US Concerned Over Moves To Stifle Free Expression"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Issuing a statement the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=US+Embassy+Colombo&amp;x=12&amp;y=4\">US Embassy Colombo<\/a><\/span> says; &#8220;The United States Embassy in Colombo is concerned about recent threats to freedom of expression in Sri Lanka.\u00a0 The November 28 beating of a reporter in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Jaffna&amp;x=9&amp;y=6\">Jaffna<\/a><\/span>, harassment by Government of Sri Lanka officials of independent media outlets, and searches without warrants of journalists all serve to stifle media freedom.\u00a0 Additionally, the Embassy is greatly concerned about reports of attacks on students in Jaffna.\u00a0 We call upon authorities to exercise restraint and respect peaceful demonstrations.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":62289,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375],"tags":[6737],"class_list":["post-62288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","tag-beating-of-a-reporter-in-jaffna"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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