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Violations against Pak journos spike by 60pc over past year: Report
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Freedom Network documented at least 142 cases of violations against journalists and media professionals between November 2024 and September 2025, a nearly 60 per cent rise from the previous year. In the watchdog's framework, "violations" include physical assaults, legal cases, harassment and
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Human Rights Watch calls out Pakistan to drop charges against journalist
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
An anti-terrorism court in Islamabad, Pakistan, is scheduled to indict Matiullah Jan, a journalist who has long reported on police abuse, on October 31, 2025, on apparent politically motivated charges, Human Rights Watch said on Monday. It gave a call to the Pakistani authorities to immediat
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Kurdish PKK to withdraw its fighters from Turkiye to Iraq
Updated : 4 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"We are implementing the withdrawal of all our forces within Turkiye," the Kurdish PKK said in a statement read out on Sunday in the Qandil area of northern Iraq, according to an AFP journalist present there.
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BRICS media delegates wowed by Moscow culture and media
Updated : 4 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Heads of media outlets from 16 countries visited Moscow for the BRICS Global Media Tour and the 17th Assembly of the Russian World. Delegates toured the BRICS+ Information and Cultural Media Centre, explored TV BRICS activities, and praised Russian culture, literature, and media cooperati
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NHRC takes suo motu cognisance of attacks on journalists in Kerala, Manipu
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India has taken suo motu cognizance of media reports highlighting three separate incidents of alleged assault on journalists in Kerala, Manipur, and Tripura.
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Hope and frustration reflected in PoJK's movement, says expert
Updated : 5 months ago IST
A recent massive strike across Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, led by the Joint Awami Action Committee, brought life to a standstill as people united over demands for free healthcare, free education, and fair internet access. Senior journalist from PoJK Roshan Mughal said the protest re
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"Your mom did": White House press secy Leavitt snaps at reporter Trump-Put
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Leavitt shared a screenshot of her exchange with the journalist, alleging that his messages resembled an "anti-US President Donald Trump diary."
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Rajasthan: Journalist Rajendra Singh Chauhan dies in Jaisalmer bus fire
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Rajendra Singh Chauhan, a 50-year-old senior journalist, lost his life in a tragic accident in Jaisalmer. The incident involved a bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur that caught fire, resulting in the deaths of 20 passengers.
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"Our govt is fully committed to ensuring safety and security of journalist
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday reiterated that his government is fully committed to ensuring the safety, security and welfare of journalists in the state. He was speaking at the Diwali Festival 2025 organised by the Uttaranchal Press Club in Dehradun.
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Afghan Foreign Minister says "technical error" on excluding women to earli
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Responding to growing backlash from Indian media and politicians, Muttaqi clarified that the decision was not based on gender discrimination.
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"Our diplomacy has fallen so low...." Congress leader Shama Mohammad on ba
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
On the absence of women journalists in Afghanistan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi's press conference, Congress leader Shama Mohamed told ANI, "We should not have invited the foreign minister of a country called Afghanistan, which is run by men who are against women. They don't allow w
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"Bow to Muttaqi...": Cong leader Rashid Alvi slams Centre over absence of
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Congress leader Rashid Alvi slammed the Centre over the absence of women journalists in a press conference held by Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowed down to the Afghan Minister.
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