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Press freedom in freefall as Pakistan's media faces unprecedented crackdow
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
Pakistan's media landscape worsened in 2025, with journalists and media organisations facing escalating pressure, censorship and punitive state actions, according to a new report by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). The findings, detailed in the Media Freedom Report 2025, hig
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Press freedom under siege in Balochistan as journalists face mounting thre
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
A Freedom Network report warns that journalism in Balochistan is in crisis due to intimidation, censorship and poor infrastructure. Journalists face pressure from multiple actors, limited internet access and shrinking media outlets, while women journalists encounter added discrimination and
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"All films that were denied screening permission will be screened": Kerala
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
After the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting refused screening permission for several films at the International Film Festival of Kerala 2025, the Kerala CM, Pinarayi Vijayan, announced that those films would still be screened as part of the festival.
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HRCP raises alarm over shrinking space for independent journalism in Pakis
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistan's Human Rights Commission and journalists' bodies have raised concern over a 13-month ban on government advertisements to the Dawn Media Group, calling it economic coercion, an attack on press freedom, and urging the government to restore free, independent and responsible journalism
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"It is most unfortunate": Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on IFFK 2025 cancels
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The 12th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) is facing a crisis after several films were denied censor exemption certificates, leading to the cancellation of multiple screenings in Thiruvananthapuram. Reacting to the development, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor describe
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IFFK 2024 cancels multiple screenings after censor exemption certificates
Updated : 2 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The 12th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) has run into a crisis following the failure to obtain censor exemption certificates, leading to the cancellation of multiple film screenings in Thiruvananthapuram.
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US President removes sanctions on Brazilian judge who presided over convic
Updated : 3 months ago IST
The US government imposed sanctions against the justice, Alexandre de Moraes, in July under the Global Magnitsky Act after the case was brought against Bolsonaro, a Trump ally. The Magnitsky Act is a rarely used law that allows the United States to impose asset freezes and travel bans on for
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"Indira Gandhi imprisoned those who spoke Vande Mataram": Amit Shah in Raj
Updated : 3 months ago IST
"When Vande Mataram completed 50 years, the country was not yet independent. When its golden jubilee arrived, Jawaharlal Nehru split it into two parts. When it turned 100 years old, there was no glorification because those who spoke Vande Mataram were imprisoned by Indira ji during the Em
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China's online censorship faces growing public pushback
Updated : 3 months ago IST
In its latest Quarterly Report on the Situation in China, the council said that China's "digital authoritarian model" has reached a breaking point and is now caught in a self-perpetuating loop of suppression and speculation, as reported by The Taipei Times.
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SCREENXX Summit & Awards 2025: Bold Ideas, Human X Thinking, Storytelling
Updated : 3 months, 1 week ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 4: Mumbai played host to the 2025 edition of the SCREENXX Summit & Awards organised by Adgully on 26th November 2025, convening an eclectic mix of industry leaders, creators, innovators, and marketers under the theme "Reinvent. Reimagine. Rise. M&E's Gr
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"Not allowed to speak": Imran Khan's sister narrates ordeal of journalists
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
"Censorship in Pakistan is so extreme that they apprehend media people. Shorab Barkat, who used to run a channel, has been picked up. Before, they picked up journalist Agha Sheikh Sarwar. They (authorities) oppress them so much that when they are let out, they're not even allowed to speak
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China's censorship crosses borders as Switzerland silences Tibet in Bern
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
The decision, reportedly influenced by Swiss parliamentary authorities who deemed the imagery "too political," has drawn strong criticism from Tibetan communities and human rights supporters, as reported by Phayul.
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