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Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists rejects amendments to Peca law, call
Updated : 1 year ago IST
It called for the immediate withdrawal of the Peca law which it believes was passed by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government in haste and termed it as "martial law for media."
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US announces visa restriction policy, launches review of bilateral coopera
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
In a statement, Blinken noted that the ruling Georgian Dream party over the past few months has developed and passed "foreign influence" law that would stifle the exercise of freedoms of association and expression, stigmatise organisations that serve the people of Georgia, and impede inde
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Several people, including foreign journalists, detained in Moscow amid cra
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Several people, including journalists from foreign press organisations, were detained in Moscow after authorities cracked down on protesters at Russian President Vladimir Putin's election headquarters, independent media outlets reported, according to CNN.
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Afghanistan: Taliban shuts down local radio station in Dykundi province
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Taliban on Wednesday forcefully shut down a local radio station named 'Nasim Radio' in the Dykundi province of Afghanistan.
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Myanmar's military junta confirms deadly air strike on a village in Sagain
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Airstrikes by Myanmar's military have killed as many as 100 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule, said a witness, a member of a local pro-democracy group and independent media, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.
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Free and independent media under Taliban is a distant dream: Report
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Afghan media is struggling to survive under Taliban as numerous radio and TV stations, as well as news agencies, have closed and as per estimates more than 6,000 journalists have lost their jobs, Afghan-based news agency Khaama Press reported.
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Islamist forces to increase attacks in Afghanistan due to growing Chinese
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamist forces hostile to China are set to increase their attacks in Afghanistan after Beijing signed an oil extradition deal with Afghanistan. The Islamists are not happy with China's increasing footprint in Afghanistan, according to Washington D.C.-based independent media group Global Str
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Taliban will not tolerate any independent media who expose their atrocitie
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 2 (ANI): Experts say that Taliban will not tolerate any independent media outlets that expose their atrocities and reveal the truth to the Afghans and the world.
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US, UK, other nations express concern over media suppression in Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 9 (ANI): Britain, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have expressed grave concern over the suppression of independent media in Hong Kong by the Chinese authorities in the past months.
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Crackdown on Stand News prompted us to shut down: Hong Kong's Citizen News
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 3 (ANI): Hong Kong pro-democracy media outlet Citizen News has said that its decision to shut down was prompted by the crackdown on fellow independent media outlet Stand News.
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HK Chief Executive slams Blinken's remark on pro-democracy media outlet
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong, December 30 (ANI): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Thursday slammed the remarks on independent media Stand News made by some Western government officials including one by US State Secretary Anthony Blinken.
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US deeply concerned over Hong Kong news outlet closure, calls for release
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 30 (ANI): Expressing concern over the closure of Hong Kong offices of pro-democracy media outlet Stand News, the United States on Wednesday (local time) called on authorities to release all those unjustly detained.
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