The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomed the arrest of four Sri Lankan army officers in the case of disappeared journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda and called for all those involved in his abduction to be brought to justice.
Commenting on the arrest, Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator, called for further progress in the case, saying “if the government of President Maithripala Sirisena resolves the journalist's disappearance, the Eknaligoda family will finally be able to find some closure in their long search for justice."
He went on to add that "still, Eknaligoda's case is only one”.
“At least nine journalists were murdered in direct relation to their work under the leadership of Mahinda Rajapaksa, first as prime minister and then as president,” he said. “It is important for the new government to bring all of those killers to justice and break Sri Lanka's cycle of impunity once and for all.”
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Commenting on the arrest, Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator, called for further progress in the case, saying “if the government of President Maithripala Sirisena resolves the journalist's disappearance, the Eknaligoda family will finally be able to find some closure in their long search for justice."
He went on to add that "still, Eknaligoda's case is only one”.
“At least nine journalists were murdered in direct relation to their work under the leadership of Mahinda Rajapaksa, first as prime minister and then as president,” he said. “It is important for the new government to bring all of those killers to justice and break Sri Lanka's cycle of impunity once and for all.”
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