<p>The Permanent High Court will hear evidence in the disappearance of cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda from 20 February, reports <a href="http://colombogazette.com/2019/12/18/evidence-in-eknaligoda-disappearan…"><em>Colombo Gazette</em></a>.</p>
<p>Mr Eknaligoda, a cartoonist, was investigating the use of chemical weapons by the army in the North-East during the armed conflict, prior to his abduction in 2010.</p>
<p>“In 2008, Prageeth wrote and informed the diplomats about the Sri Lankan government’s usage of chemical weapons against the people in the north," Mrs Eknaligoda told the <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sinhala/news/story/2011/01/110128_prageeth_galle…">BBC</a> in 2010. “I think he was abducted by people who did not like the truth.”</p>
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