Prageeth Eknaligoda UN Petition Receives Support Of IFJ

I can never tell if such moves hold any more power than what is necessary to create a wire story, but the International Federation Of Journalists (IFJ) has apparently backed the petition submitted to a UN representative by the wife of missing journalist/cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda calling for that body, its regional representative and its Secretary-General to push the Sri Lankan government into a more significant investigation of the highly publicized disappearance. This was a continuation of earlier, more specific efforts to push Sri Lankan authorities, at the 200-day mark and the 11-month mark. Hopefully, some of the publicity involved, or perhaps even one of the agencies or offices taking interest in the case will see the Eknaligoda family get their wish. Prageeth Eknaligoda failed to return home from work a couple of days before contested election won by politicians he had been criticizing in written columns for a Sri Lankan news service.
 
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