Sachini Kavindya

On the eve of the first anniversary of the 1 February 2021 coup d’état in Myanmar, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on all multinational corporations still providing Myanmar’s military with direct or indirect economic support to follow the example set by energy giants Chevron and Total, which announced on 21 January that they are terminating […]

Google’s “indecision” over what system it wants to replace cookies has been criticised by some in the ad industry. It comes as the technology giant said an interest-based user-tracking system, Topics, would now replace its earlier proposal, Floc. One marketing executive said: “This constant indecision does not inspire confidence.” Third-party cookies use people’s browsing history

The UK government and a coalition of charities are urging the British public to put pressure on Facebook not to introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) on its Messenger service. If Facebook rolls out the ultra-secure messaging system, the campaign says, more children will be put at risk from online predators. The public debate is likely to

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on El Salvador’s public prosecutor to open an investigation into the use of the Pegasus spyware to hack into the phones of at least 35 Salvadorean journalists. RSF is also providing recommendations to journalists whose phones may have been infected. According to the findings of an investigation led by the Canadian NGO

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is alarmed by the transfers of three Iranian journalists to prisons notorious for cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, in a practice often used to deliberately break the resistance of prisoners of conscience. These transfers come just days after another journalist, Baktash Abtin, died as a result of not being treated when

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of Guo Feixiong, a long-time defender of press freedom in China, who last week was formally accused of ‘inciting subversion of state power’ after over one month in detention. Chinese political commentator and human rights lawyer Yang Maodong, better known under the pen name Guo Feixiong, was formally

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the High Court’s decision to allow Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange to appeal to the Supreme Court, seeking review of his extradition case, but limited to one narrow ground. The Supreme Court will be asked to consider matters related to the US government’s provision of diplomatic assurances regarding Assange’s treatment if

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is shocked to learn that a woman reporter was badly beaten by police and detained for several hours when she covered a protest in a provincial town in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The police officers responsible must be immediately identified and punished, RSF says. Bondeko community radio reporter Justine Lifombi had injuries to

Following a five-day defamation trial at the UK High Court, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reaffirms support for investigative journalist Carole Cadwalladr, who is facing a vexatious defamation case brought by British businessman Arron Banks. The case could serve as a landmark test of the public interest defence, and has highlighted the urgent need for greater

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the murders of two Mexican journalists outside their homes in the space of a week – one in the northwestern border city of Tijuana, the other in the east coast port city of Veracruz – and urges the authorities to prosecute those responsible and reinforce the mechanisms that protect journalists.