1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgLauren Wolfehttps://cpj.org/author/lwolfe/Media rights groups to U.N.: Intervene in Sri Lanka case - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LNeX9gwPQq"><a href="https://cpj.org/2011/03/media-rights-groups-to-un-intervene-in-sri-lanka-c/">Media rights groups to U.N.: Intervene in Sri Lanka case</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2011/03/media-rights-groups-to-un-intervene-in-sri-lanka-c/embed/#?secret=LNeX9gwPQq" width="600" height="338" title="“Media rights groups to U.N.: Intervene in Sri Lanka case” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="LNeX9gwPQq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/2145Prageeth_Poster.jpg200257New York, March 8, 2011--Five prominent media rights organizations sent a letter on Monday to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, calling on the U.N. to intervene in the case of Prageeth Eknelygoda, the Sri Lankan columnist and cartoonist for the Lanka eNews website, who disappeared on January 24, 2010. Since then, the letter notes, his wife,…