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{
"time": "2013-04-16 14:00:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Deepak Obhrai (Calgary East, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Deepak Obhrai (Calgary-Est, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"3276007\" data-originallang=\"en\">Mr. Speaker, Canada remains deeply concerned about the state of media freedom in Sri Lanka. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3276008\" data-originallang=\"en\">The offices of a newspaper in northern Sri Lanka were attacked again on Saturday. The BBC recently suspended all radio broadcasts following what it called \u201ccontinued interruption and interference\u201d by the national broadcaster. Faraz Shauketaly, a journalist, was shot on February 15. The 2009 killing of editor Lasantha Wickrematunge and the 2010 disappearance of Prageeth Ekneligoda, a cartoonist, remain unresolved.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3276009\" data-originallang=\"en\">Last month's UN Human Rights Council resolution on Sri Lanka expressed concern about continuing reports of violations of freedom of expression as well as intimidation of and reprisals against journalists. Canada urges the government of Sri Lanka to ensure freedom of expression and the safety of media personnel and to fully investigate these attacks.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"3276007\" data-originallang=\"en\">Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, le Canada demeure profond\u00e9ment pr\u00e9occup\u00e9 par la situation \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard de la libert\u00e9 des m\u00e9dias au Sri Lanka.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3276008\" data-originallang=\"en\">Les bureaux d'un journal dans le Nord du Sri Lanka ont \u00e9t\u00e9 une fois de plus la cible d'une attaque samedi dernier. La BBC a r\u00e9cemment suspendu toute radiodiffusion \u00e0 la suite de ce qu'elle a appel\u00e9 des interruptions constantes de ses programmes et une ing\u00e9rence continue par le radiodiffuseur national. Le 15 f\u00e9vrier, le journaliste Faraz Shauketaly a \u00e9t\u00e9 bless\u00e9 par balle. L'assassinat du r\u00e9dacteur en chef Lasantha Wickrematunge, en 2009, et la disparition de Prageeth Ekneligoda, un caricaturiste, en 2010, ne sont toujours pas r\u00e9solus.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"3276009\" data-originallang=\"en\">La r\u00e9solution du Conseil des droits de l'homme des Nations Unies prise le mois dernier \u00e0 l'\u00e9gard du Sri Lanka exprime des inqui\u00e9tudes concernant le signalement continu de violations de la libert\u00e9 d'expression ainsi que de cas d'intimidation et de repr\u00e9sailles perp\u00e9tr\u00e9s contre des journalistes. Le Canada exhorte le gouvernement du Sri Lanka \u00e0 garantir la libert\u00e9 d'expression et la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 des membres des m\u00e9dias ainsi qu'\u00e0 mener une enqu\u00eate compl\u00e8te sur ces attaques.</p>"
},
"url": "/debates/2013/4/16/deepak-obhrai-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/deepak-obhrai/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/1236/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "7960190",
"h1": {
"en": "Statements By Members",
"fr": "D\u00e9clarations De D\u00e9put\u00e9s"
},
"h2": {
"en": "Sri Lanka",
"fr": "Le Sri Lanka"
},
"document_url": "/debates/2013/4/16/",
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}