Sachini Kavindya

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Algerian authorities to free Rabah Karèche, the newspaper Liberté’s correspondent in Tamanrasset, 900 km south of Algiers, who has been held since 19 April after covering protests by the Ahaggar region’s Tuareg population against new territorial divisions. A Tamanrasset criminal court today denied a request for Karèche’s release […]

In the wake of a crime reporter’s execution-style murder in Athens on 9 April and last weekend’s report of death threats against another journalist, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Greek police to take concrete steps to improve the safety of journalists and show them that they can rely on the police to protect

Hong Kong Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has been hosting a daily talk show on public broadcaster RTHK since 28th April. This parody of journalism enables her to promote unpopular policies without exposing herself to questions from journalists. We are our own best advocates. On 28th April, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam sprung a surprise

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Turkey’s political and judicial persecution of former newspaper editor Can Dündar, who was already sentenced in absentia last December to 27 years in prison for “spying” and “assisting a terrorist organisation” and who is now facing possible life imprisonment in a trial that resumed today in Istanbul. This persecution discredits

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the immediate release of Alaa Al-Rimawi, a Palestinian journalist based in the West Bank city of Ramallah who has been on hunger strike ever since his arrest by the Israeli authorities a week ago. A reporter for Qatari broadcaster Al Jazeera, Al-Rimawi was arrested by Israeli police who were

With the support of UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has begun evaluating the implementation and effectiveness of mechanisms for protecting journalists in four Latin American countries, with the aim of helping to improve such mechanisms throughout the region. Nearly 80% of the murders of journalists in Latin