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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nismok" data-source="post: 6574503" data-attributes="member: 109094">The wife of a Sri Lankan journalist who mysteriously  disappeared one week ago has pleaded that he be freed by whoever is  holding him.Prageeth Eknaligoda's colleagues said he wrote  articles favourable to losing presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka. Gen  Fonseka lost last Tuesday's election to the incumbent President,  Mahinda Rajapaksa. Media rights groups have also condemned the  government for shutting down a newspaper critical of the government. Mr  Eknaligoda, a writer for the website lankaenews.com, left home last  Sunday morning but has not been heard from since he phoned a colleague  that evening, a call that was abruptly cut off. Emergency  regulationsHis wife, Sandhya, has told a Sunday newspaper  that she and their two sons have not slept for days, saying: "My plea to  whoever has Prageeth is to please send him back home". The  website has shut itself down after police searched its premises. At  the same time, local media groups have condemned the authorities'  forced suspension of a pro-opposition newspaper, Lanka, and the arrest  of its editor. Their statement accused the government of  launching "repression" against media outlets that did not obey  government orders or that expressed dissenting voices. The  director of the Criminal Investigation Department told the BBC the  editor was being held under emergency regulations, because a recent  article might have violated rules on government inquiries into  terrorism. Since the president's election victory, the government  has moved to secure its position. On Friday, it raided the Gen  Fonseka's office, arresting 13 people. It has also detained a  serving brigadier who once served directly under Gen Fonseka and has  reshuffled many senior military officers. The Sunday Times  newspaper says the move has demoted many suspected of favouring the  general. </blockquote>

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