Full text of the speech delivered by Nilantha Ilangamuwa at the event jointly organised by the Asian Human Rights Commission and the University of Hong Kong on Freedom of Expression and torture prevention at the Foreign Correspondent's Club (FCC), Hong Kong. June 25, 2012
Understanding the role of journalists on preventing torture and protection of human rights in a suppressed society
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Question: - Where is Prageeth Eknaligoda?
Answer: - Our current information is that Mr. Eknaligoda has taken refuge in a foreign country.
Place: The UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT), Geneva, November 2011
Question: - Where is Prageeth Eknaligoda?
Answer: - I don't know if he is alive or dead, only god would know if the information that I received about him is true. I don't think even the government knows where he lives.
Place: The Homagama (Colombo suburb) magistrates' court, June 2012
(Answers given on two different occasions, by Mr. Mohan Peiris, Former Attorney General of Sri Lanka, currently a legal adviser to President Rajapaksa, for an identical question).
Answer: - Our current information is that Mr. Eknaligoda has taken refuge in a foreign country.
Place: The UN Committee against Torture (UNCAT), Geneva, November 2011
Question: - Where is Prageeth Eknaligoda?
Answer: - I don't know if he is alive or dead, only god would know if the information that I received about him is true. I don't think even the government knows where he lives.
Place: The Homagama (Colombo suburb) magistrates' court, June 2012
(Answers given on two different occasions, by Mr. Mohan Peiris, Former Attorney General of Sri Lanka, currently a legal adviser to President Rajapaksa, for an identical question).
