Sachini Kavindya

Authorities in Belarus have paraded the detained opposition blogger Roman Protasevich at a news conference in Minsk, where they gave their version of the Ryanair plane diversion of 23 May. A BBC reporter who was initially at the media briefing says Mr Protasevich, 26, was clearly appearing under duress. An alleged bomb threat forced the

In view of local police incompetence, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on India’s central government to appoint an independent team to investigate journalist Sulabh Srivastava’s death yesterday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The reporter, who had been threatened and whose body was covered with injuries when found, clearly seems to have been the

In view of local police incompetence, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on India’s central government to appoint an independent team to investigate journalist Sulabh Srivastava’s death yesterday in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. The reporter, who had been threatened and whose body was covered with injuries when found, clearly seems to have been the

WhatsApp has launched its first major privacy-focused advertising campaign in the UK. It follows a customer backlash against changes to its terms and conditions, announced earlier this year. The platform also said it is standing firm against pressure from governments, including the UK, to compromise on the way that it encrypts messages. Authorities should “demand

NPR has been a leader in podcasts for the last 15 years. Meanwhile, NPM, NPR’s sponsorship arm, has been successfully implementing plans to monetise the podcasts. From 2015 to 2019 US-based National Public Radio (NPR) saw its podcasting revenue grow ten-fold. Things were tougher last year due to the pandemic, though NPR still managed a

With official campaigning for next week’s presidential election now under way in Iran, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) again condemns the regime’s censorship of the media, its use of threats against journalists and the absence of independent reporting. The fact that the candidates for Iran’s 13th presidential election on 18 June were selected by the Islamic