Sri Lanka protest over journalist missing 3 years

January 25, 2013 - Relatives, colleagues and opposition activists have demanded that the Sri Lanka government hold proper investigation to find out what happened to a journalist missing for three years. Prageeth Ekneligoda, a columnist and cartoonist who worked for lankaenews.com, a web site that harshly criticized the government, went missing in January 2010. The website's office was also set on fire in 2011 by an unidentified group. On Thursday, demonstrators staged a silent protest, displaying placards saying ``Release Him Now'' and ``Don't Hide The Truth'', near Sri Lanka's parliament. His wife Sandya Ekneligoda said authorities have failed to resolve abduction of her husband. "I urge the government to ensure justice to me,'' she said. Amnesty International says at least 14 Sri Lankan media workers have been killed since the beginning of 2006.