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Press freedom in freefall as Pakistan's media faces unprecedented crackdow
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks 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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"Not allowed to speak": Imran Khan's sister narrates ordeal of journalists
Updated : 5 months, 3 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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Government does not maintain data of arrested journalists, says MHA
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed in a written reply in Loksabha that the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) does not maintain any specific data with respect to the arrest of journalists.
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Hong Kong authorities continue to punish dissenting voices
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, April 21 (ANI): The recent arrest in Hong Kong of a journalism professor, on charges of conspiring to publish seditious material, has troubled academics and journalists alike and shows how the city authorities continue to punish dissenting voices.
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