Sandya Eknalygoda | |
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சந்தியா எக்னெலிகொட | |
.png) Sandya Eknelygoda with Melania Trump at the International Women of Courage Award 2017 | |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Known for | Human rights activist |
| Spouse | Prageeth Eknaligoda |
| Children | two |
Sandya Eknalygoda (Tamil: சந்தியா எக்னெலிகொட) is aSri Lankanhuman rights activist. She became anInternational 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 journalistPrageeth 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 journalistPrageeth 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]
In 2017 Eknaligoda was awarded with theInternational Women of Courage Award for her campaigns.[8][9] She was recognized as one of theBBC 100 Women in December 2022.[10]