The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) issuing a statement said it extends its support to the protest to urge the authorities to fully investigate the whereabouts of Eknaligoda.
The protest is to be held on Tuesday at 3 pm at the Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo. It will be followed by a seminar at the Public Library.
The IFJ said it calls upon its affiliates worldwide to show solidarity by contacting their local Sri Lankan missions to express their concerns at the police and security agencies' failure to trace the missing journalist.
"The IFJ calls upon authorities in Sri Lanka to show a greater sense of purpose over this case," the statement quoted the IFJ General Secretary Aidan White.
The IFJ says that the statements from official agencies, including the police and the Ministry for Information, have been far from reassuring as those have failed to deliver on promises that information about the missing journalist's whereabouts would be made available.
Eknaligoda, a freelance reporter for Lanka-e-News, disappeared in the evening of January 24, 36 hours before the January 26 presidential elections this year. He has been an active supporter of the common opposition presidential candidate General (Retired) Sarath Fonseka.
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