{"id":20682,"date":"2013-04-27T22:30:38","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T02:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=20682"},"modified":"2013-04-28T07:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-04-28T11:19:20","slug":"hate-has-no-place-in-sri-lanka-28th-april-rally-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=20682","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Hate has no Place in Sri Lanka&#8221;-28th April Rally for Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dear Friends,<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>G<\/strong>iven the recent spate of hate speech and the marginalization of minority communities in general in Sri Lanka, a voluntary movement of concerned Sri Lankans from various institutions, professions and industries are organizing a series of non-partisan, non-violent awareness campaigns and rallies against racist actions and hate-speech in Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<p>Attached for your information is a brief as evidence for the growing concern which had led to the creation of this initiative.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<strong>One such event is the 28th April Rally for Unity \u2013 Hate Has No Place in Sri Lanka in Colombo (Gathering at Nelum Pokuna, Green Path from 10.45 to 12.45); which we hope will be a catalyst for similar events and initiatives. We believe this will empower the silent majority of moderate Sri Lankans to stand up for an inclusive Sri Lanka. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We would be glad to have your support in the following manner:<\/p>\n<p><em>01) Your presence on 28th of April for the walk and rally (in order to remain non-partisan please refrain from organizational branding at this event). <\/p>\n<p>02) Share this info with your networks, friends &#038; family to invite them to be a part of the event.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>03) For those abroad, follow us in solidarity on https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RallyForUnity and on twitter #RallyForUnity <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We look forward to your collaboration in respecting and embracing the diversity of Sri Lanka. <\/p>\n<p><em>The time for talk is over &#8211; the time for positive action is now!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thank you<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"tweetbutton20682\" class=\"tw_button\" style=\"float:right;margin-left:10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdbsjeyaraj.com%2Fdbsj%2F%3Fp%3D20682&amp;text=%26%238220%3BHate%20has%20no%20Place%20in%20Sri%20Lanka%26%238221%3B-28th%20April%20Rally%20for%20Unity&amp;related=&amp;lang=en&amp;count=horizontal\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  style=\"width:55px;height:22px;background:transparent url('https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-tweet-button\/tweetn.png') no-repeat  0 0;text-align:left;text-indent:-9999px;display:block;\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Friends, Given the recent spate of hate speech and the marginalization of minority communities in general in Sri Lanka, a voluntary movement of concerned Sri Lankans from various institutions, professions and industries are organizing a series of non-partisan, non-violent awareness campaigns and rallies against racist actions and hate-speech in Sri Lanka. Attached for your &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=20682\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;&#8220;Hate has no Place in Sri Lanka&#8221;-28th April Rally for Unity&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20708,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20682\/revisions\/20708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}