Protests Mark 500th Day Of Prageeth’s Ekneligoda’s Disappearance

A mini-flurry of English-language wire reports like this one and this one inform of a political protest and rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka today to mark the 500th day since cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda went missing. Ekneligoda went missing days before the 2010 presidential election; he had criticized the government for its conduct during Sri Lanka's long Civil War.

The Ekneligoda family was initially told that a look into the journalist's disappearance would have to wait until after post-election turmoil settled a bit, and have since been alternately promised information then stonewalled. On the first anniversary of his disappearance earlier this year, Ekneligoda's wife presented the UN with a petition asking for assistance in the matter.
 
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