{"id":84892,"date":"2013-04-30T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T08:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=84892"},"modified":"2013-05-07T02:52:48","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T21:22:48","slug":"amnesty-international-report-sri-lankas-assault-on-dissent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/amnesty-international-report-sri-lankas-assault-on-dissent\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International Report: Sri Lanka&#8217;s Assault On Dissent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;In their attempt to consolidate power, Sri Lanka\u2019s authorities have criminalized freedom of expression, and equated dissent with treason. Those who dare to criticize the authorities are pursued and silenced. As described in this report, Sri Lanka is failing to comply with its international obligations to respect and protect the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association, as well as other rights. Sri Lanka must end its assault on critics, publicly acknowledge human rights abuses by its forces and supporters, and ensure accountability.&#8221; says the\u00a0Amnesty International.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read the full report <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/AI-April-30.pdf\">here<\/a><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; Published today,\u00a0\u00a0April 30, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/sri-lanka-at-the-crossroads\/sri-lanka-protests-1-colombotelegraph-copy-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5340\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5340\" title=\"sri-lanka-protests 1-colombotelegraph - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sri-lanka-protests-1-colombotelegraph-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sri-lanka-protests-1-colombotelegraph-copy.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/sri-lanka-protests-1-colombotelegraph-copy-283x300.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":5340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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