Sri Lanka’s Free Media Movement (FMM) has filed a fundamental rights petition in the Supreme Court challenging the constitutionality of the government’s proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill, arguing that
As the Gaza war enters its 12th month with no end in sight, the ongoing horrors continue to be normalized in U.S. media and politics. The process has become so routine that
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China’s modernization process has made great strides with amazing development speed in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, reporters and media representatives from the Belt and Road countries and beyond have said. During a
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The Russian Embassy in Colombo has noted with concern recent reports in Sri Lankan media that inaccurately depict the situation in the Kursk region, suggesting that Ukrainian military actions are progressing successfully
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Editorial The news of Julian Assange’s release from the UK’s Belmarsh Prison, after an agonising 1901 days in confinement, is a moment of triumph for press freedom and an indictment of the
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Journalists and independent media outlets are facing an unprecedented decline in press freedom and a rise of state repression all across the world, according to the annual report published by Reporters without Borders (RSF)
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Two days after the world commemorated Press Freedom Day, Israel ordered the shutdown of the Al Jazeera media network, calling it a “threat to national security” on May 5. Prime Minister Benjamin
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Since its ‘comeback’ in August 2021 the Taliban have detained journalists, shut down and controlled media organisations, and imposed harsher restrictions on female reporters. The once vibrant and active independent and free
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The international peace organization, Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), recently hosted an online event with approximately 160 media persons from 49 countries in attendance. This year, the HWPL International
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The prosecution for the U.S., which is seeking to deny Julian Assange’s appeal of an extradition order, begun by the Trump administration and embraced by the Biden administration, grounded its arguments on
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The modes of communication that a society uses can tell us a lot about its political structure. A research study we published in 2022 revealed distinct modes of communication and administrative recordkeeping in autocratic
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Editorial The unsurprising uproar over Tucker Carlson’s decision to interview Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignited a dangerous assault on fundamental democratic principles. Calls for sanctions and even arrest from EU politicians
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On January 19, Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) abducted Haitham Dafallah, the chief editor of the Al-Maydan newspaper, published by the Sudanese Communist Party (SCP). The notorious paramilitary force also abducted Dafallah’s
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John Pilger, who has died of pulmonary fibrosis aged 84, was a journalist who never shirked from saying the unsayable. Across half a century, in newspapers and in his documentary films –
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In a recent audit, the Ministry of Mass Media has come under intense scrutiny as the latest Audit General Report unveils a series of financial irregularities and operational failures within the ministry
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In a united front, several prominent journalist organizations have vehemently condemned the recent freezing of accounts belonging to the web news portal Newsclick by the Indian Income Tax (IT) department. The move,
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