{"id":97487,"date":"2013-07-28T00:52:53","date_gmt":"2013-07-27T19:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=97487"},"modified":"2013-08-03T13:22:40","modified_gmt":"2013-08-03T07:52:40","slug":"video-how-to-stop-milinda-moragoda-buying-ravaya-viyangoda-speaks-out-on-citizens-effort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/video-how-to-stop-milinda-moragoda-buying-ravaya-viyangoda-speaks-out-on-citizens-effort\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: How To Stop Milinda Moragoda Buying Ravaya &#8211; Viyangoda Speaks Out On Citizen&#8217;s Effort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Gamini+Viyangoda&amp;x=8&amp;y=6\">Gamini Viyangoda<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s speech at the media forum on <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?s=Ravaya&amp;x=11&amp;y=7\">Ravaya<\/a><\/span> and Citizens held on July 25, 2013 evening at the National Library Services Board auditorium .<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/llyWnN7lx5M?list=UUWCJXbnwQWk_Z-nBKRKuu2A\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"634\" height=\"357\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Following is the appeal made by a group of writers, journalists, creative artistes, social and cultural activists, trade unionists, academics, lawyers and concerned citizens, \u00a0to save the 25 year old \u201cRavaya\u201d news paper, a news paper owned by the readers, by the people. 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