Sachini Kavindya

Mexico asked to reopen investigation into journalist’s murder in 2012

To reinforce the fight against impunity for crimes of violence against journalists in Mexico, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), its local partner Propuesta Cívica and the Mexican newsweekly Proceso have asked the federal authorities to reopen the investigation into Proceso reporter Regina Martínez’s murder in 2012, an investigation marred by many irregularities. They submitted a formal […]

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Hong Kong: Apple Daily founder Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year and two months in jail for “unauthorized assembly”

Jimmy Lai, Apple Daily founder and 2020 RSF Press Freedom Awards laureate, was sentenced on 16th April by a Hong Kong court to one year and two months in prison for two cases of “unauthorised assembly”. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for Lai’s immediate release and the end of judicial harassment against him. Jimmy Lai,

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RSF urges French premier to refer “global security” bill’s article 24 to constitutional council

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on France’s prime minister to keep his promise to refer a controversial article in his government’s “global security” bill to the constitutional council following the bill’s definitive approval by both parliamentary chambers. Article 24 on “causing the identification” of police officers poses a major threat to press freedom, RSF says.

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Alarm after two journalists murdered in Brazil

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the extremely tense climate for journalists in Brazil after a series of press freedom violations in recent weeks, including the murders of two journalists. The authorities must punish those responsible and protect media personnel throughout the country, RSF says. Several media outlets and reporters have been the targets of threats

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Hunger strike is last resort for some imprisoned Moroccan journalists

As Omar Radi and Suleiman Raissouni, two Moroccan journalists who have been held provisionally for months, continue hunger strikes to press their demands to be freed, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Moroccan authorities to stop subjecting journalists to arbitrary and abusive prosecutions that drive them to put their lives in danger. Radi, a

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Radio reporter gunned on city street in central Somalia

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a radio reporter’s murder yesterday by two gunmen in the city of Galkayo, in central Somalia, and calls on the Somali authorities to take urgent steps to improve journalists’ safety. Jamal Farah Adan, who freelanced for Radio Daljir, Radio Galkayo and Radio Garowe, three of the most important radio stations in the centre of

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PRESS RELEASE: SLPI requests Justice Minister to codify laws on Contempt of Court

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) this week forwarded to the Minister of Justice, Hon. Ali Sabry MP, PC a set of proposals by The Editors Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) setting out the rationale for the codification and enactment of a Contempt of Court Act in Sri Lanka in line with many other countries. In

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ஊடக அறிக்கை: நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு தொடர்பான சட்டங்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்துமாறு இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் நீதி அமைச்சரை கோருகிறது.

இலங்கையின் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்புச் சட்டத்தை, ஏனைய நாடுகளில் உள்ளதைப் போன்று ஒழுங்குபடுத்தி நடைமுறைப்படுத்த வேண்டியதற்கான அடிப்படைக் காரணங்கள் தொடர்பில் இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஆசிரியர்கள் சங்கத்தின் முன்மொழிவுகள் அடங்கிய தொகுப்பொன்றை இவ்வாரம் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரும், ஜனாதிபதி சட்டத்தரணியுமான கௌரவ நீதியமைச்சர் அலி சப்ரி அவர்களுக்கு இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் அனுப்பி வைத்துள்ளது. நீதி அமைச்சருக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள இக் கடிதத்தில், நீண்ட காலமாக உணரப்படும் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு தொடர்பான சட்டங்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்துவதற்கான அவசியத்தை இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் சுட்டிக்காட்டிக்காட்டியுள்ளது.

ஊடக அறிக்கை: நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு தொடர்பான சட்டங்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்துமாறு இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் நீதி அமைச்சரை கோருகிறது. Read More »

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය: අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබඳ නීතිය කුමක්දැයි නිසි ලෙස අර්ථ නිරූපනය කරන ලද නීතියක් සම්පාදනය කරන ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටී

වෙනත් බොහෝ රටවල පවතින ආකාරයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබද නීතිය කුමක්දැයි නිසි ලෙස අර්ථ නිරූපනය කළ නීතියක් නොමැති බැවින් අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබද නීතිය පැහැදිලිව සදහන් කළ පනතක් සම්පාදනය කර බලාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවලියක් අධිකරණ අමාත්‍ය, ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ අලි සබ්රි මහතා වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා කර්තෘ සංසදය සමඟ එක්ව ශ්‍රී ලංකා

මාධ්‍ය නිවේදනය: අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබඳ නීතිය කුමක්දැයි නිසි ලෙස අර්ථ නිරූපනය කරන ලද නීතියක් සම්පාදනය කරන ලෙස ශ්‍රී ලංකා පුවත්පත් ආයතනය අධිකරණ අමාත්‍යවරයාගෙන් ඉල්ලා සිටී Read More »