He never came home

On this day nine years ago, a political cartoonist went to work in Colombo. He never came home. Prageeth Eknaligoda was an outspoken critic of the government of Sri Lanka. He worked tirelessly to expose the gross human rights violations committed against Tamil...

Unchecked threats

“Your kids will be killed and you will be fed their meat.” That was but one of many disturbing threats recently received by Sandhya Eknaligoda, the wife of the disappeared cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda, who for the past eight years fought tirelessly for answers about...

Good news (for once!)

We recently blogged about the case of the disappeared cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda and his wife Sandya’s quest for information and justice. We now have some good news: yesterday the appeals court upheld the decision of the magistrates court that former...

Thank you

A warm thank you to all those who took part in Wednesday’s online action to draw attention to the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda. The response has been incredible. People tweeted from all over the world. By noon (GMT) people had tweeted the campaign to...