{"id":11993,"date":"2013-11-08T16:14:18","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T16:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/asile.ch\/wp\/?p=11993"},"modified":"2021-08-26T14:09:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T12:09:44","slug":"amnesty-welcome-to-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/2013\/11\/08\/amnesty-welcome-to-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty | Welcome to Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Vu que les leaders du Commonwealth vont bient\u00f4t avoir une rencontre au Sri Lanka, Amnesty Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande s&rsquo;est assur\u00e9e que les d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s n&rsquo;oublient rien dans leurs valises. Elle a fourni \u00e0 la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation les bonnes cartes et les bonnes brochures, histoire que la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation puisse stopper les violations des droits humains qui se d\u00e9rouleraient sous leurs yeux.<\/h3>\n<h3>Elle a aussi pens\u00e9 \u00e0 leur donner cet itin\u00e9raire de voyage&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4rhuHqkHuEM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> ou sur l&rsquo;image ci-dessous pour voir l&rsquo;itin\u00e9raire propos\u00e9:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4rhuHqkHuEM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-11994 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/asile.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/commonwealth.jpg\" alt=\"commonwealth\" width=\"527\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asile.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/commonwealth.jpg 527w, https:\/\/asile.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/commonwealth-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asile.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/commonwealth-150x89.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lettre envoy\u00e9e aux d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Dear Commonwealth delegates,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Sri Lanka, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka is a country famous for tea, gemstones and spices, a land where journalists can be\u00a0<strong>disappeared for speaking out<\/strong> against the Government and where <strong>human rights abuses\u00a0are commonplace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Visit some of the most beautiful beaches in the world or take a drive\u00a0to the sites of some of the <strong>worst atrocities committed<\/strong> during the 26 year civil war.<\/p>\n<p>See some of the island\u2019s amazing wildlife or visit the hospital where\u00a0Sri Lankan <strong>women gave birth<\/strong> as <strong>bombs fell<\/strong> around them.<\/p>\n<p>Take a trip to the area east of the Nanthi Lagoon where thousands of <strong>innocent civilians\u00a0were killed<\/strong> believing they were safe in Government declared <strong>No Fire Zones.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pay a visit to the mother-in-law of refugee Vanni Magal who waits by the gate every day for her\u00a0husband who went missing on a business trip to Colombo in 1992 to return.<\/p>\n<p>We hope you enjoy your visit, and to make your trip a little more comfortable we\u2019ve\u00a0provided you with a Sri Lanka travel pack to help keep you safe. In your kit you will find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An eye mask \u2013 perfect to help you sleep off your jet-lag and shut out the gross human rights violations taking place around you.<\/li>\n<li>Earplugs \u2013 again to help you sleep \u2013 but also useful to block out the screams of those who speak out against the Sri Lankan Government as they are arrested and tortured.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amnesty.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/map.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tourist Map<\/a> complete with plenty of local information \u2013 find out where to see wildlife like tigers or elephants or or where the best surf beaches are, also visit the sites of some of the worst scenes of the civil war, such as the safe zones where at least 40,000 innocent civilians were killed during the final months of the civil war, and Trincomalee where five students were allegedly beaten and executed by military forces.<\/li>\n<li>Some crucial <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.amnesty.org.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/30_04_2013_SriLankas_Assault_on_dissent.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">holiday reading<\/a> \u2013 as you relax on your sun lounger cast your eye over some must-read press releases from Amnesty International.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>REMEMBER if you approve of Sri Lanka as Chair of the Commonwealth you are approving its crimes.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vu que les leaders du Commonwealth vont bient\u00f4t avoir une rencontre au Sri Lanka, Amnesty Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande s&rsquo;est assur\u00e9e que les d\u00e9l\u00e9gu\u00e9s n&rsquo;oublient rien dans leurs valises. Elle a fourni \u00e0 la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation les bonnes cartes et les bonnes brochures, histoire que la d\u00e9l\u00e9gation puisse stopper les violations des droits humains qui se d\u00e9rouleraient sous leurs &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/2013\/11\/08\/amnesty-welcome-to-sri-lanka\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,162],"tags":[1159],"ve_numero":[],"pays":[229],"ve_type":[1073],"ve_action":[1050],"class_list":["post-11993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-documentation","category-publications","tag-documentation","pays-sri-lanka","ve_type-rapport-recherche","ve_action-documentation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11993"},{"taxonomy":"ve_numero","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ve_numero?post=11993"},{"taxonomy":"pays","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pays?post=11993"},{"taxonomy":"ve_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ve_type?post=11993"},{"taxonomy":"ve_action","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/asile.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ve_action?post=11993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}