Sachini Kavindya

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Islamabad High Court to drop its contempt proceedings against the two newspaper journalists and the newspaper’s owner for publishing a former judge’s leaked affidaviat revealing alleged judicial collusion to deny bail to leading opposition politicians who were jailed on the eve of the 2018 general elections. “I verified […]

Update: On December 30, the Parliament approved on third and final reading the bill amending the media law. — Azerbaijan’s parliament is about to approve a bill legalising censorship and trampling on press freedom. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges the authorities to revise the bill’s changes to the country’s media law, which would violate its constitution and

Hong Kong independent media Stand News has announced its shut down following the arrest this morning of six current and former members of its team. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges for the release of all journalists detained and calls on democracies to react and defend what is left of the free press in the territory.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) accuses the Russian authorities of violating the rights of Andrei Pyzh, a YouTuber based in Saint Petersburg who was sentenced to five years in prison on a charge of obtaining and sharing state secrets at the end of an opaque and unfair trial amid heightened tension with Ukraine. He must be

On the eve of his appearance before a judge tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the prolonged arbitrary detention of Luka Binniyat, a journalist who is charged with cyber-crime and false information in his coverage of massacres in Kaduna state, in northern Nigeria. A reporter for The Epoch Times, a newspaper based in the United States,

Following a Belgrade appeal court decision to quash the conviction of those accused of torching investigative reporter Milan Jovanovic’s house in 2018, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Serbian authorities to organise a new trial as a matter of urgency, and to renew Jovanovic’s protection. The appeal court issued its decision on Christmas Eve after its

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international community to toughen its sanctions on Myanmar’s military junta after a journalist who was covering the plight of refugees in the southeastern state of Kayin was killed during an army artillery attack near the border with Thailand on 25 December. Federal News Journal editor Sai Win Aung, also known

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urges for the release of Chinese Covid-19 journalist and 2021 RSF Press Freedom laureate Zhang Zhan, who was sentenced to four years in prison one year ago for covering Covid-19, and is now facing impending death. Tuesday 28th December will mark one year since Zhang Zhan, a Chinese journalist who covered the

A Moscow court has fined Google 7.2bn roubles ($98m; £73m) for repeated failure to delete content deemed illegal in Russia. Details of the offending content were not specified in the announcement by the court’s press service. This is the first time in Russia that a technology giant has been hit with a fine based on

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Polish President Andrzej Duda to veto a media law amendment that would enable the government to take control of TVN, Poland’s leading independent TV network. Passed by parliament last week, the amendment restricting foreign ownership of Poland’s broadcast media would force TVN’s American owners to sell their controlling stake