9 March 2011

Campaigns and Advocacy

Media rights groups to U.N.: intervene in case of missing journalist Prageeth Eknelygoda


(CPJ/IFEX) - New York, March 8, 2011 - Five prominent media rights organizations sent a letter Monday to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, calling on the U.N. to intervene in the case of Prageeth Eknelygoda, the Sri Lankan columnist and cartoonist for the Lanka eNews website, who disappeared on January 24, 2010. Since then, the letter notes, his wife, Sandhya Eknelygoda, has been asking the Sri Lankan government for any information about his fate. She has been given no word from any person in the government. Eknelygoda's disappearance and his wife's efforts on his behalf have been widely reported in Sri Lankan and international media.

The letter was signed by representatives of the Cartoonists Rights Network International, the Committee to Protect Journalists, International Media Support, Reporters Without Borders, and the International Federation of Journalists.

Read the letter to the UN Secretary-General:
Sri_Lanka_letter.pdf (66 KB)


Source:

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 7th Ave., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
info (@) cpj.org
Phone: +1 212 465 1004
Fax: +1 212 465 9568
 
Cartoonists Rights Network International
Box 7272
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
USA
rrussell (@) cartoonistsrights.org
Phone: +1 703 543 8727
Fax: +1 703 543 8727
 

International Federation of Journalists
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

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