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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 11457190" data-attributes="member: 92282"><img src="http://www.globalpost.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/gp3_small_article/sri_lanka_jails_fonseka.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The US has warned the government that the United  Nations Human  Rights Commission (UNHRC) in Geneva would be moved  against Sri Lanka unless the  defeated presidential candidate General  Sarath Fonseka, whom the US considered a  political prisoner, is  released from prison forthwith.  The former army chief was sentenced by a Trial-at-Bar on Friday  (Nov. 18) to three more years in prison.  Authoritative sources told The Island  that the warning  had been given during a meeting between a US diplomat  and a top minister  representing the SLFP following the conclusion of  the ‘White Flag’ case.  Sources quoted the  diplomat as having told the minister that a  survey carried out by the  US had revealed that the majority of Sri Lankans  wanted Gen. Fonseka  released.The Island</blockquote>

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