Prageeth Ekneligoda, a journalist and cartoonist from Sri Lanka, disappeared on 24 January 2010. His wife, Sandya Ekneligoda, has been campaigning for justice ever since. For more than a decade, Prageeth’s case has
Each time a journalist in Sri Lanka is threatened, disappeared or killed and no one is held to account, the space for truth shrinks and the foundations of democracy weaken. On 2 November,
Edit: October 22, 2025 On Friday 26 September, the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) welcomed Sri Lanka’s ratification of key human rights treaties but expressed deep concern about continuing impunity, lack
On 21st September, the world marked the International Day of Peace. In Sri Lanka, that date feels heavier than in many other places. It pulls us back to a painful history of war
Last year, SLC’s blog “A New Era?” asked whether President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his party’s electoral victory could break Sri Lanka’s historical pattern of impunity over enforced disappearances. As the world observes another UN International Day
Subject: UN High Commissioner for Human Right’s upcoming visit to Sri Lanka June 16, 2025 We are writing this public letter in connection with your forthcoming visit to Sri Lanka, from June 23
As the world comes together to mark International Women’s Day on 8 March, we shine a light on the remarkable women of Sri Lanka, whose resilience and courage in the face of conflict and inequality continue to inspire us all. This year’s theme, Accelerate Action, highlights the
Fifteen years ago, on January 24 2010, just two days before Sri Lanka’s presidential election, journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda disappeared. His work for the news outlet Lanka e News exposed the corruption
The 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election marked a pivotal moment in the country’s political landscape and in geopolitics, with Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) / National People's Power (NPP)
This is the final of a 3-part series of essays and reports which the Sri Lanka Campaign have published in recent weeks, ahead of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Right’s
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