Sachini Kavindya

CNN’s new owner says it will close the US-based news channel’s streaming service just a month after it launched. Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) says it will issue refunds to subscribers after the service is shut down on 30 April. The head of CNN+ has resigned and hundreds more workers could be at risk of losing […]

To avoid offending their Russian neighbour, the authorities in the five Central Asian republics are pressuring their media to provide “neutral” coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or ignore it altogether. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on these governments to allow journalists to cover the war and its consequences as they see fit. Читать на

Using its Operation Collateral Freedom mirror site technology, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) was able to restore the Russian public’s access to the Radio France Internationale website within hours of its being blocked today at the behest of Rozkomnadzor, the Russian media and telecommunications regulator. Читать на русском / Read in Russian Radio France Internationale (RFI)

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the cold-blooded murder of a Bangladeshi reporter as he was covering drug-trafficking across Bangladesh’s eastern border with India. The police must ensure respect for the law by bringing the suspects to trial, RSF said. Mohiuddin Sarker Nayeem, a reporter for the Dainik Cumillar Dak local newspaper, was gunned down at around 11

The Russian authorities have begun using arrests, raids and fines to harass journalists accused of publishing “false information” about the Russian army’s actions in Ukraine. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this witchhunt and the growing climate of impunity for attacks on journalists, and calls for the withdrawal of laws establishing censorship. Читать на русском /

Within the framework of its February 2022’s fact-finding mission to which RSF took part, MFRR confirmed the Netherlands’ pioneering role in providing a safe and enabling environment for the practice of journalism. Some instruments must however be further developed by the authorities to further tackle the increasingly hostile climate against Dutch reporters, and particularly against

RSF joins MFRR and other press freedom organisations in expressing serious concerns about the harassment of Emilia Șercan, in a context of recent pressures against Romanian reporters. In an open letter sent in April 14 to the national authorities, the NGOs call for swift and independent investigations after the publication of Șercan’s private pictures and

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its local partner, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), condemn the continuing detention of 14 journalists, who were arrested yesterday in connection with their coverage of a prison riot in Somaliland, in northwestern Somalia, and call for their unconditional release. The arrests, which are without precedent in recent years,

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) denounces the Chinese state media’s amplification of Russian disinformation about the invasion of Ukraine and calls on the public to inform themselves through fact-based reports by trustable independent media sources only. Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February 2022, China has gone to great lengths to appear neutral,

On the occasion of the anniversary of the assassination of the journalist Slavko Curuvija, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges officials elected in Serbia’s presidential and parliamentary election to demonstrate strong support for the right to information. In particular, the organisation advocates proactive policy in favour of press freedom, a judicial system that protects journalists, and