{"id":66722,"date":"2012-12-27T18:26:45","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T18:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=66722"},"modified":"2012-12-27T18:26:45","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T18:26:45","slug":"sri-lanka-the-commonwealth-must-take-a-stand-over-rampant-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-the-commonwealth-must-take-a-stand-over-rampant-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: The Commonwealth Must Take A Stand Over Rampant Abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Writing in the\u00a0<em>Weekend Australian<\/em>\u00a0on December 15-16, the Sri Lankan consul-general in Sydney, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Bandula+Jayasekara&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\">Bandula Jayasekara<\/a><\/span>, gives a very one-sided defence of the Sri Lankan persecution of dissenters, including Tamils. 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