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Online Course on the Right to Information (RTI) Act

Call for Applications: Online Course on the Right to Information (RTI) Act The Sri Lanka Press Institute (SLPI) is offering an Online Course designed to enhance participants’ understanding of the Right to Information (RTI) Act. This course will cover the fundamental principles of RTI, its role in promoting democratic governance, and practical guidance on how […]

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Announcing, Presenting, and Voice Training Course

Enhance Your Voice, Elevate Your Presence! Join our Announcing, Presenting, and Voice Training program and master the art of confident communication. Starting: March 29th, 2025 Duration: 10 weeks | Saturdays only Language: Sinhala/Tamil/ English Course Fee: LKR 21,000 (Including Registration Fee) Don’t miss this opportunity to sharpen your announcing and presentation skills! Register now and

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Explosive device kills photo-journalist in eastern India

A reporter for the main daily newspaper in eastern India’s Odisha state has been killed by an improvised explosive device that was probably planted by Maoist rebels active in the region. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for those responsible to be identified and brought to trial in order to avoid similar tragedies in the future.

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UK: British citizen found guilty of conspiring to kill exiled Pakistani blogger

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the jury decision finding a British citizen guilty of conspiring to kill exiled Pakistani blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya. The jury’s guilty verdict could serve as a landmark judgement in establishing accountability for transnational threats against journalists, which are far too often perpetuated with impunity. Following a two-week trial at the

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Can your newsroom meet the challenge of the climate crisis?

2022-01-20. 2022 will be the year to tackle the complexities of covering climate change says the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) in a new report. While the obstacles are significant, editors are focused on the challenge. There are a few nagging issues editors raise when talking about their climate change coverage and

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14 journalists detained in Yemen, 13 of them held hostage by rebel groups

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned about the many Yemeni journalists currently detained in different parts of Yemen and calls for their immediate release. At least 14 Yemeni journalists are held, 13 of them by rebel groups. They include Kamel Almamari, the Al-Kawthar TV and Radio Tehran correspondent in the capital, Sanaa, who was abducted exactly seven months ago today, on

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“Historic trial” in London of man accused of plotting to kill exiled Pakistani blogger

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) will closely follow the trial of a man accused of conspiring to kill a Pakistani blogger based in the Netherlands, which is due to start in the London suburb of Kingston-upon-Thames on 12 January, and calls on the British justice system to shed all possible light on all of the conspiracy’s

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Two Togolese journalists freed but subjected to absurd judicial controls

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Togo’s authorities to rescind the extremely strict and unjustified judicial controls placed on two newspaper editors as a condition for their release on 31 December after three weeks in prison in the capital, Lomé, on charges of defaming and insulting two government ministers. L’Alternative editor Ferdinand Ayité and Fraternité editor Joël Egah have had to surrender

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