Sachini Kavindya

At the Summit for Information and Democracy held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the Forum on Information and Democracy announced the up-coming creation of an International Observatory on Information and Democracy. The prefiguration group will be co-chaired by the US academic Shoshana Zuboff and by the former secretary-general of the Organisation for […]

2021-09-24. Climate change is the subject of scientific studies and reports, but its consequences can be felt in all areas of our societies and economies. Equally, newsrooms should view climate change as more than just a topic but as a systemic issue that affects all their desks or verticals. By Wolfgang Blau, Visiting Research Fellow, Reuters

2021-09-26. More than 480 newsrooms and supporting organisations have joined the global campaign to drive public attention to the critical role journalists play in telling the big stories of our time. This year the focus is on climate change coverage. Here’s how you can show your support on 28 September. The message of World News Day

The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) together with the Press Complaints Commission of Sri Lanka (PCCSL)  and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH conducted a timely webinar series for journalists on  “Emergency Regulation and Media Freedom”. The webinar series was conducted via the Zoom platform in both Sinhala and Tamil languages. The objective of the online sessions was to

Following pressure from journalist unions, Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police have conceded that the extended list of requirements for media workers covering anti-government protests in Bangkok was a “misunderstanding”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) applauds the unions’ proactive defence of media access, with the result an encouraging step in maintaining Thailand’s press freedom. On September 17,

Following pressure from journalist unions, Bangkok’s Metropolitan Police have conceded that the extended list of requirements for media workers covering anti-government protests in Bangkok was a “misunderstanding”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) applauds the unions’ proactive defence of media access, with the result an encouraging step in maintaining Thailand’s press freedom. On September 17,

As Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak is now detained for 20 years in Eritrea, Reporters without Borders (RSF) has submitted a request to the Prosecutor-General in Sweden to reverse a decision not to investigate crimes against humanity in Isaak’s case. RSF is asking the Prosecutor-General to fulfill her international obligation. On 23 September 2001, Dawit Isaak was having

On the eve of the start of Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni’s retrial, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the increase in attacks on the media and oppressive behaviour by the Algerian authorities during the past few months. What with arbitrary arrests, prosecutions and prison sentences, the past several months have seen yet another surge in press

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the murder of a veteran journalist, Marcos Efraín Montalvo Escobar, in western Colombia’s Valle del Cauca department, an extremely dangerous region for the media, and calls on the Colombian authorities to conduct an exhaustive investigation to identify those behind this apparent contract killing. Marcos Efraín Montalvo Escobar, 68, was gunned

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is very disturbed by the “11 journalism rules” that the Taliban announced at a meeting with the media on 19 September. The rules that Afghan journalists will now have to implement are vaguely worded, dangerous and liable to be used to persecute them. Working as a journalist will henceforth mean complying