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Space for independent reporting from China has shrunk, says expert
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Beijing [China], August 20 (ANI): The space for independent reporting from China has shrunk with Beijing applying it's abrasive and confrontationist werewolf diplomacy attitude even to the foreign journalists, said Fabien Baussart, President of Center of Political and Foreign Affairs (CPFA).
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Afghan women journalists say they are now being "barred" from working
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Women journalists in Afghanistan have said that they are being barred from working by the Taliban who have overtaken control of the country and who had assured that women would be allowed to work corresponding with Sharia law.
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International Federation of Journalists urges for evacuation of media work
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], August 20 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged for the necessary evacuation of media workers at critical risk in Afghanistan and asked the international community to expedite all evacuation and rescue operations.
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J-K DGP orders action against police officer over assault of journalists i
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 18 (ANI): A day after journalists were allegedly assaulted by police while covering the Muharram procession in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar, Director-General of Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday ordered immediate action against the police officer f
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Committee to Protect Journalists asks US to ensure safety of Afghan scribe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): A top global media group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the US to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the country falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency vi
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SC issues notice to Centre on pleas seeking inquiry into Pegasus snooping
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and asked it to respond on a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journ
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Afghan scribe breaks down during Pentagon briefing, asks 'Where is Ashraf
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 17 (ANI): An Afghan journalist broke down during a press briefing of the Pentagon when she asked whereabouts of President Ashraf Ghani who fled as Taliban closed in on Kabul, saying 'where is my president, he has to answer people.'
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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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EU foreign ministry raises concerns over violence against journalists in P
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 11 (ANI): The European Union has raised concerns over violence, intimidation, abduction, and killing of journalists in Pakistan and said it indicated a "clear, negative trend" in the freedom of media in recent years.
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Delhi HC issues notice to journalist Priya Ramani on MJ Akbar's appeal
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to journalist Priya Ramani on the appeal of former union minister MJ Akbar challenging a trial court order which had dismissed the criminal defamation case filed by him against the journalist.
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Journalist body asks Pakistan to drop charges against 2 scribes, stop hara
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 11 (ANI): Pakistan authorities should immediately drop their probe into journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, and cease harassing members of the press in retaliation for their coverage of public institutions, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tue
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Tej Pratap threatens to file PIL, FIR against journalists over poster row
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 11 (ANI): Amid the controversy over posters and banners of Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) not carrying party leader Tejashwi Yadav's photo, elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav came live on his Facebook handle on Monday and angrily threatened to file "FIR, Defamation, and
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