Sri Lanka Supreme Court revokes monk's pardon — Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has revoked a presidential pardon granted to a Buddhist monk convicted for the forced disappearance of political cartoonist Prageeth Eknaligoda in 2010. The pardon had been challenged by Eknaligoda’s wife, Sandya Eknaligoda, and the Colombo-based Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA).

The monk, whose pardon was deemed controversial, had been convicted for his role in the case. Prageeth Eknaligoda, a government critic, vanished in January 2010 and his case became a symbol of Sri Lanka’s unresolved issue of enforced disappearances.

The legal challenge argued that the pardon was unlawful. The Supreme Court’s decision to nullify it represents a rare judicial intervention against executive clemency in a high-profile human rights case.

The ruling is seen as a victory for activists and families seeking accountability, though the broader investigation into Eknaligoda’s fate remains unresolved.