The Eastern Province workshop titled “A Strong Parliament for a Democratic Tomorrow” organized by the Sri Lanka Press Institute was successfully held in Batticaloa on February 28th. A group of 23 youth from Batticaloa, Ampara and Trincomalee districts participated in the workshop. The morning session was conducted by Senior Lecturer, Mr. Hakeem Abubackar and he […]
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With journalists on the ground in danger of being targeted as Russian tanks roll into Ukraine, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on belligerents and international organisations to guarantee their safety. Читать на русском / Read in Russian As frontline witnesses of the Russian invasion, reporters run the risk of being hit by the missile strikes
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a draconian amendment to Pakistan’s law combatting online disinformation that was issued quietly last weekend. If not struck down by the Supreme Court, it will provide the government and armed forces with a new mechanism for unrelenting censorship, RSF says. As a result of an ordinance approved by the cabinet on 19
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Former US President Donald Trump has launched “Truth Social,” a social media platform that is open about its desire to bring together those who share its founder’s values. While it is perfectly legitimate for media outlets to defend and promote a position, the digital platforms and social media that shape and structure the online public
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an independent investigation into an attack by armed men on the home of well-known Sri Lankan TV journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama after he received death threats linked to his work. Those responsible for this punitive raid must be identified, and the authorities must end all forms of harassment of journalists,
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2022-02-16. The World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and the World Editors Forum have expressed outrage at the mounting death toll of journalists in Mexico following the February 10th murder in Oaxaca state of Heber López Vázquez. Mr. López Vázquez, director of RCP Noticias online, is the fifth journalist to have been murdered in 2022.
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the appalling conditions in Iran’s Qarchak prison for women, to which two journalists were recently transferred, and calls for a strong and immediate reaction from the Office of the UN High Commission for Human Rights and the UN special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran. “In Qarchak prison,
Mexico’s president must be held to his promise to combat impunity for murders of journalists, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said as it called for a swift and transparent investigation into the murder of a local news website editor in the southern state of Oaxaca that brings the number of journalists killed in Mexico since the
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In response to an alarming surge in violence and judicial proceedings against journalists in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has joined 57 other human rights organisations and media outlets in addressing an open letter to this northern territory’s lieutenant governor, who is appointed by New Delhi, calling for an end to the
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With the European Union’s proposed Digital Services Act (DSA) now in its final phase of discussion among the EU’s institutions, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on negotiators to agree on ambitious legislation capable of safeguarding, as far as it is still possible, the public’s right to information. The DSA and its sister, the Digital Market
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