Sri Lankan Protests Today And Yesterday Linked To Cartoonist There were protests in Colombo, Sri Lanka today and yesterday connected to the second anniversary of the disappearance of cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda right before a crucial election. In addition to strong suspicions that Ekneligoda was kidnapped and subsequently almost certainly killed because of his work in covering that election and making commentary on the likely outcome, the family has several times since contended authorities showed no interest to outright disinterest in finding their family patriarch when his missing status was reported to them. Yesterday's demonstrations seemed focused on missing people like the journalist/cartoonist; today's was apparently more focused on abuse and harassment of media figures.
