Sachini Kavindya

Images of the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Zhina Amini on Sept. 16, 2022, in Iran and reports of the government’s brutal crackdown have circulated widely on social media. This flow of information comes despite efforts by the Iranian regime to throttle internet access and censor information leaving the country. One effective method the protesters have hit on […]

By Chris Vallance Technology reporter Twitter has denied that emails alleged to be linked to millions of its users’ accounts were obtained using a hack. In its first statement on the matter, it wrote “there is no evidence” the data came from a flaw in its systems. The records were instead probably a collection of data “already

Far-right extremism is on the rise globally. Knowing how to investigate and report on the movement and its actors is paramount for journalists today. The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in 2021, for instance, was heavily influenced by two of America’s most well-known far-right extremist groups, the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Prior to the storming of the Capitol, members

Over the past few decades, Kenyans have come to terms with historical revisionism perpetrated since the time of British occupation. Many of the country’s history books do not tell the full story of the years leading to and following independence, while stories from older generations who fought for independence and witnessed the beginning of the nation are being passed down less

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) have issued a joint call to Twitter to demand changes to its policies that will protect the right to information and uphold press freedom. In a letter to the Twitter executive team, both organisations  express their alarm over recent developments under Elon Musk’s direction

The Senegalese judicial authorities finally freed Dakar Matin website editor Pape Alé Niang conditionally yesterday (10 January) following a major campaign for his release. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the decision and calls on them to now drop all charges against him. By releasing Pape Alé Niang, the Senegalese authorities are beginning to repair a major self-inflicted injury. This

MUTARE, ZIMBABWE — For eight years, in an otherwise tumultuous career as a reporter in eastern Zimbabwe, one thing has been a constant for Paul: covering a decades-old competitive interschool tournament that has catapulted young Zimbabwean footballers onto the world stage. He’d travel across the country, reporting from each match for the daily that employed

The Iranian authorities have begun taking measures against France in response to the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s publication of cartoons of Iran’s Supreme Leader and other Iranian mullahs, which they regard as “insulting.” Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces Tehran’s use of blackmail in an attempt to put pressure on a French media outlet. “In

2023-01-10. The attack against Brazilian democracy that the world witnessed on Sunday, January 8, when a horde of fanatics invaded and plundered the headquarters of the three powers in Brasília was not an event sprouted by spontaneous generation. The thousands of rioters who marched into the heart of Brazilian democracy with the intention of strangling

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in association with the Australian High Commission’s Direct Aid Program (DAP) held the second training program of the series “RTI: Protecting Our Rights through the Right to Information Act” on January 6th held at the District Secretariat Auditorium, Batticaloa. Chairman of the Right to Information Commission, retired High Court