Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the extremely tense climate for journalists in Brazil after a series of press freedom violations in recent weeks, including the murders of two journalists. The authorities must punish those responsible and protect media personnel throughout the country, RSF says. Several media outlets and reporters have been the targets of threats […]
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As Omar Radi and Suleiman Raissouni, two Moroccan journalists who have been held provisionally for months, continue hunger strikes to press their demands to be freed, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the Moroccan authorities to stop subjecting journalists to arbitrary and abusive prosecutions that drive them to put their lives in danger. Radi, a
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A new WAN-IFRA report looks at the radical steps needed to transform the culture of your media business. And ignition starts with you, suggests Dmitry Shishkin. “Change is your friend, disguised as your enemy”, someone smart once said to me and it really resonated. Working as an independent digital consultant, and before in leadership roles
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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a radio reporter’s murder yesterday by two gunmen in the city of Galkayo, in central Somalia, and calls on the Somali authorities to take urgent steps to improve journalists’ safety. Jamal Farah Adan, who freelanced for Radio Daljir, Radio Galkayo and Radio Garowe, three of the most important radio stations in the centre of
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The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) this week forwarded to the Minister of Justice, Hon. Ali Sabry MP, PC a set of proposals by The Editors Guild of Sri Lanka (TEGOSL) setting out the rationale for the codification and enactment of a Contempt of Court Act in Sri Lanka in line with many other countries. In
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இலங்கையின் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்புச் சட்டத்தை, ஏனைய நாடுகளில் உள்ளதைப் போன்று ஒழுங்குபடுத்தி நடைமுறைப்படுத்த வேண்டியதற்கான அடிப்படைக் காரணங்கள் தொடர்பில் இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஆசிரியர்கள் சங்கத்தின் முன்மொழிவுகள் அடங்கிய தொகுப்பொன்றை இவ்வாரம் பாராளுமன்ற உறுப்பினரும், ஜனாதிபதி சட்டத்தரணியுமான கௌரவ நீதியமைச்சர் அலி சப்ரி அவர்களுக்கு இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் அனுப்பி வைத்துள்ளது. நீதி அமைச்சருக்கு அனுப்பி வைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள இக் கடிதத்தில், நீண்ட காலமாக உணரப்படும் நீதிமன்ற அவமதிப்பு தொடர்பான சட்டங்களை ஒழுங்குபடுத்துவதற்கான அவசியத்தை இலங்கை பத்திரிகை ஸ்தாபனம் சுட்டிக்காட்டிக்காட்டியுள்ளது.
වෙනත් බොහෝ රටවල පවතින ආකාරයෙන් ශ්රී ලංකාවේ අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබද නීතිය කුමක්දැයි නිසි ලෙස අර්ථ නිරූපනය කළ නීතියක් නොමැති බැවින් අධිකරණයට අපහාස කිරීම පිළිබද නීතිය පැහැදිලිව සදහන් කළ පනතක් සම්පාදනය කර බලාත්මක කිරීම සඳහා වන යෝජනාවලියක් අධිකරණ අමාත්ය, ජනාධිපති නීතීඥ අලි සබ්රි මහතා වෙත ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට ශ්රී ලංකා කර්තෘ සංසදය සමඟ එක්ව ශ්රී ලංකා
A delegation from constituent partners and affiliates of the Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) met the Minister of Mass Media Keheliya Rambukwella this week to request him to consult stakeholders when drafting media law reforms as had been proposed by the Minister recently. The Minister agreed to do so in the New Year. The delegation
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ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාවේ නාවිකයින් නිරෝධානය කිරීම සඳහා ඇවන්ගාඩ් සමාගම සමඟ ගිවිසුම්ගත වී නොමැති බව නාවික හමුදා මාධ්ය ප්රකාශයක ලුතිනන් කමාන්ඩර් ඉසුරු සූරියබණ්ඩාර මහතා පැවසීය. එසේ වුවද රටට පැමිණෙන සී මාර්ෂල්වරුන් සහ ඇවන්ගාඩ් සමාගමට සම්බන්ධ නාවිකයින් ඔවුන් විසින් නිරෝධානයට ලක් කරන අතර ශ්රී ලංකා නාවික හමුදාව එය නිරීක්ෂණය කිරීමට ගිවිසුම් ගතව සිටින බවද හෙතම සඳහන්
Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) in collaboration with Free Media Movement (FMM) organized a web-conference under the title; COVID-19: Challenges to Media Freedom and Social Responsibility on 3rd May 2020 at 9.30 a.m. The session prelude was opening remarks with the historical origin and declaration of the World Press Freedom Day made by Mr. Sukumar
