{"id":38513,"date":"2024-12-07T11:22:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-07T11:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=38513"},"modified":"2024-12-07T13:33:34","modified_gmt":"2024-12-07T13:33:34","slug":"sri-lanka-rsf-calls-on-the-new-government-to-ensure-the-case-on-the-disappearance-of-cartoonist-prageeth-eknaligoda-is-fully-transparent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/sri-lanka-rsf-calls-on-the-new-government-to-ensure-the-case-on-the-disappearance-of-cartoonist-prageeth-eknaligoda-is-fully-transparent\/","title":{"rendered":"Sri Lanka: RSF calls on the new government to ensure the case on the disappearance of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda is fully transparent"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"ISLAMABAD: As the trial into the disappearance of Prageeth Eknaligoda continues with a new hearing on 6 December, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the new government to ensure the judicial process is transparent and impartial, given that nine army intelligence officers are allegedly involved in the case.<\/h5>\n
Prageeth Eknaligoda, a cartoonist and political columnist with the\u00a0Lanka E-news\u00a0<\/em>website,\u00a0was abducted<\/u><\/a>\u00a0on 24 January 2010 in Homagama, a city near the capital Colombo, two days before the re-election of President Mahinda Rajapaksa.\u00a0 A new hearing in the case, which has been stalled since 2019, against nine members of the military intelligence services accused of his disappearance will take place on 6 December.<\/h5>\n

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