{"id":79609,"date":"2013-03-29T21:52:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T21:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=79609"},"modified":"2013-04-06T12:54:25","modified_gmt":"2013-04-06T12:54:25","slug":"sri-lanka-blocks-colombo-telegraph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-blocks-colombo-telegraph\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka Blocks Colombo Telegraph"},"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>Continuing its undeclared war on media Sri Lanka\u2019s government of President Mahinda Rajapkasa on Friday blocked the Colombo Telegraph in Sri Lanka, further depriving the people\u2019s right to information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-blocks-colombo-telegraph\/access-denied-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79610\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-79610\" title=\"access-denied\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/access-denied-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"118\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/access-denied-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/access-denied.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 118px) 100vw, 118px\" \/><\/a>Our readers in Colombo said that they are unable to retrieve the Colombo Telegraph since Friday evening.\u00a0 We vehemently condemn the government\u2019s move to block our website in Colombo. 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