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Pak's silence on blogger's murder plot, raises questions on its stand on h
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 25 (ANI): Pakistan's deafening silence on the disclosers made in the UK Court in the case of the British-Pakistani man Muhammad Gohir Khan, charged for conspiring to kill Netherlands-based blogger and activist, Ahmad Waqass Goraya, has raised serious questions o
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Taliban denies reports of interfering with media
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 19 (ANI): The Taliban on Tuesday denied reports of interfering with media and said that it believed in media freedom after the Free Speech Hub expressed concerns over restrictions on the media.
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Derek O'Brien seeks parliamentary panel meet on 'Tek Fog' app, says 'manip
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 10 (ANI): Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien, who had last week sought a discussion on 'Tek Fog' app in the forthcoming meeting of parliamentary committee of Home has now sought a meeting of the panel stating that "use of such manipulative technology is a dang
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India is most secular country in world, says Vice President Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 27 (ANI): Vice President Venkaiah Naidu on Friday said that India is the most secular country in the world, despite that, the western media belittle the Indian government on issues of secularism and free speech.
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Pakistan media bodies urge government not to use adverts as control tool
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 25 (ANI): Pakistan's media organizations have urged the government to not use advertising to influence editorial content or to control free speech.
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In attempt to strangle free speech, China puts investment in media under '
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China] October 12 (ANI): Amid China's bid to tighten the control over free speech in the country, the Xi Jinping-led government added investment in media organisations to a list of 'banned investments'.
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No constitutional governance in Pakistan, attacks on freedom of expression
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan has no constitutional governance and attacks on journalists and free speech are rampant in the country, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday.
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Pakistan probe agency takes two journalists into custody
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 7 (ANI): Pakistan's federal probe agency has taken into custody two journalists in what the country's legal experts termed as an "alarming pattern" to curb free speech.
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Pakistan continues to suppress free speech in digital spaces
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 30 (ANI): Despite being a democratic state, Pakistan continues to suppress free speech in digital spaces, stopping its citizens from participating in the working of the state by depriving them of a resourceful channel for vocalizing their concerns.
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Hong Kong media curtail operations as China tightens grip on free speech
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): As the national security law imposed by Beijing in Hong Kong completes one year in Hong Kong, several online media outlets in the city are taking down opinion articles and videos from their websites and have said they would move out after the arrest of another Apple
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Amid high turmoil, Beijing-imposed national security law in Hong Kong comp
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): The draconian Beijing-imposed national security law, introduced to smother dissent and free speech in Hong Kong, has completed one year on Wednesday, leaving the once British-controlled region in turmoil and chaos.
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Pak journalists' union seeks Imran Khan's clarification after official's r
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 28 (ANI): A journalists' union has sought to know from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan his position on free speech after his Special Assistant on Information Shehbaz Gill announced that the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government would control all the c
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