Ms. Ekneligoda declines to reveal outcome of meeting with UN
Missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda’s wife Sandya on Tuesday declined to reveal the outcome of the meeting with the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances saying that the UN official asked her not to reveal anything to the media.
Ms. Eknaligoda said the UN official asked her not to reveal anything to the media because there would be a public event about that.
“The UN officials do not like me to reveal what was discussed or happened today. They said that they wanted to safeguard the visiting team. What we did was to tell them our grievances. They have got an opportunity to visit Sri Lanka since 1999. We should help them to carry out their duties,” she said.
Ms. Eknaligoda said if she revealed the outcome of the meeting, she would find it difficult to work with them.
She said she had few issues with regard to her husband’s case including that of private lawyers representing the army even though the Attorney General claimed that the army did not disturb the case.
Another woman named Mayuri Inoka Jayasinghe from Anuradhapura who lost her husband said that not only Eknaligoda’s and Thajudeen’s cases should be investigated but also the disappearances of her husband should also be investigated.
(Source: Daily Mirror – by Indika Sri Aravinda)
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In addition to Sandya Ekneligoda and Inoka Jayasinghe, there are perhaps thousands of other men and women whose spuses dissapered in the 2005-2015 period.
A massive investigative effort is required to take-on all these cases.
The 3 significant cases (Ekneligoda, Thajudeen and Lasantha) have been progressing at less than snail’s pace.
I suggest assistance from RAW in progressing these investigations and others; this will also ensure impartiality.
During Juan Perons fascist dictatorship in Argentina 1000s went missing without trace and the mothers protested continuously until human rights watch and others took an active interest in trying find answers to their missing loved ones. The then Argentinian government ftried to put down this movement forcefully.
Like wise Ms Ekneligoda and others who have lost their loved ones must petition to the government and the UNHRC forcing the government to take action to find out as to how it came about. I am sure this not very welcome for lot of people in parliament now are guilty along with the Police and the Army for these missing persons.
It appears dominant political parties in SL which have joined hands to form the Yahapalana Govt have clearly demonstrated that they are incapable of dealing with socio-economic issues facing the country.
We have been ruled by a ruthless family cartel for approx 10 years. The people opted to elect a wimpy leadership at the top and a ‘mallung’ parliament.
This Yahapalana Govt has already proven to be incapable. It is this kind of leadership behaviour that leads to violent (or non-violent) revolutions because the voters have simply no options left.