{"id":97287,"date":"2013-07-27T03:20:03","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T21:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=97287"},"modified":"2013-08-02T00:01:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T18:31:39","slug":"video-sumanthirans-full-speech-on-black-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-sumanthirans-full-speech-on-black-july\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Sumanthiran&#8217;s Full Speech On Black July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">This week marks the 30th anniversary of <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=July+1983&amp;x=7&amp;y=6\">Black July<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0the state-sponsored anti-Tamils programme\u00a0in Sri Lanka on 24 July 1983.\u00a0We publish below the\u00a0Tamil National Alliance MP \u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=M.A.+Sumanthiran&amp;x=6&amp;y=7\">M. A. Sumanthiran<\/a><\/span> speechon Black July.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 1 <\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/inImYj3IFfk?rel=0;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Part 2<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NfSSzDcm8V0?rel=0;showinfo=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_90573\" style=\"width: 344px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-sumanthiran-in-parliament-on-media-freedom\/suma\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-90573\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90573\" class=\"size-full wp-image-90573\" title=\"Suma\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Suma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Suma.jpg 334w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Suma-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Suma-50x50.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-90573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">M.A. Sumanthiran<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":90573,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1,2375,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-news","category-stories","category-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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