Sandya Eknelygoda Explained

Sandya Eknalygoda
Native Name:சந்தியா எக்னெலிகொட
Native Name Lang:ta
Known For:Human rights activist
Spouse:Prageeth Eknaligoda
Children:two
Nationality:Sri Lankan

Sandya Eknalygoda (Tamil: சந்தியா எக்னெலிகொட) is a Sri Lankan human rights activist. She became an International Women of Courage Award recipient in 2017. She has been campaigning for thousands of missing persons in Sri Lanka.[1] She is married to missing journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda.

Her husband had told her that he was on a hit list and that he was receiving threats that warned him to stop writing. He was investigating corruption when he was kidnapped and returned in 2009.[2] She became actively involved after her husband and prominent journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda disappeared in 2010 when he was investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians by the Sri Lankan army in the fight against the Tamil rebels.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Award

In 2017 Eknaligoda was awarded with the International Women of Courage Award for her campaigns.[8] [9] She was recognized as one of the BBC 100 Women in December 2022.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sandya Eknaligoda speaks for Sri Lanka's disappeared . . Bob Dietz . 4 September 2012 . 26 August 2017.
  2. Book: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Attacks on the Press: Journalism on the World's Front Lines. 4 February 2013. John Wiley & Sons. 978-1-118-61129-6. 31–.
  3. Web site: Biographies of the Finalists for the 2017 International Women of Courage Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20170329032421/https://www.state.gov/s/gwi/iwoc/2017/bio/index.htm . dead . 29 March 2017 . US Department of State . 26 August 2017.
  4. Web site: Sandya Eknelygoda: 'International Woman of Courage' . Daily Mirror . 30 March 2017 . 26 August 2017.
  5. Web site: Voices in Danger: 'Prageeth is my courage. He always worked for peace and unity' . . Evgeny Lebedev . 28 April 2013 . 26 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Prageeth missing due to 'chemical weapon probe' . BBC Sinhala . 28 January 2011 . 16 November 2017.
  7. Web site: Sri Lanka's missing thousands: one woman's six-year fight to find her husband . . Amantha Perera . 29 January 2016 . 16 November 2017.
  8. News: 30 March 2017. Sandya Eknelygoda: 'International Woman of Courage'. Daily Mirror. 26 August 2017.
  9. Web site: 28 April 2013. Voices in Danger: 'Prageeth is my courage. He always worked for peace and unity'. 26 August 2017. Evgeny Lebedev. The Independent.
  10. Web site: BBC 100 Women 2022: Who is on the list this year? . 2022-12-10 . BBC News . en-GB.

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