The Sri Lanka TV Presenters' Unity, in partnership with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Sri Lanka, celebrated a commemorative event to mark World Press Freedom Day 2023 on Wednesday (10).
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Held on March 8, International Women’s Day celebrates the progress women have made over the last century, and the inspiring women who helped make that progress happen. From the suffragist movement of the 1800s to the 2017 Women’s March in…
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Amnesty International on Monday (27) called for immediate independent and impartial investigations into all allegations of human rights violations, including the deaths reported in the context of protests in Sri Lanka, and demand the…
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NEW YORK - Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against…
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The American Center in Colombo, relocated to the new US embassy building and revamped with a new look and new features, opened its doors to program participants with a simple yet colourful ceremony, on Thursday (29).
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The Sri Lankan authorities have fiercely clamped down on protests and demonized protesters during a period of economic crisis and hardship in the country, Amnesty International said in a new digest released Friday (9)
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He was the most prominent voice of protest in Nicaragua, using his pulpit to denounce the government’s detention of opponents and suppression of civic rights. Then, last week, the government came for him
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 Independent Kashmiri journalist Aakash Hassan, who writes on human rights, digital technologies and South Asian politics for several Indian and foreign publications, was on Tuesday (26) prevented by the immigration authorities at Delhi…
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Philippines' Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa lost her appeal against a conviction for cyber libel, her news website Rappler said Friday (8), in the latest blow for the veteran journalist
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Twitter said Tuesday (5) that it has sued the Indian government, pushing back against recent orders to remove content and block accounts within the country
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