{"id":84037,"date":"2013-04-25T13:50:23","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T08:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=84037"},"modified":"2013-05-03T14:38:39","modified_gmt":"2013-05-03T09:08:39","slug":"sri-lanka-lay-down-clear-benchmarks-joint-civil-society-submission-to-commonwealth-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-lay-down-clear-benchmarks-joint-civil-society-submission-to-commonwealth-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: &#8216;Lay Down Clear Benchmarks&#8217; &#8211; Joint Civil Society Submission To Commonwealth Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a0joint Joint Civil Society submission on Sri Lanka was sent to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action\u00a0Group ( CMAG)\u00a0through Commonwealth Secretariat\u00a0today. 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