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Apple Daily's shutdown signals all-out attack by China on Hong Kong media,
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 27 (ANI): The recent shutdown of the 26-year-old Hong Kong pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily has signalled an all-out Chinese attack against media and free speech in the region, as the government has already announced that it would tighten rules about accrediting journalist
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Myanmar military torturing detainees to know whereabouts of opponents, say
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], June 27 (ANI): Myanmar's military is using torture to extract information from detainees on the whereabouts of senior opposition members and activist leaders, an American journalist recently released from a Yangon prison told CNN.
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Nicaragua's opposition leaders, journalists flee country amid increasing g
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Managua [Nicaragua], June 27 (ANI): An increasing number of high-profile opposition leaders, journalists and members of civil society are fleeing Nicaragua as the regime of President Daniel Ortega is waging an alarming political crackdown ahead of an election in November.
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EU imposes economic sanctions on Belarus over detention of journalist
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Brussels [Belgium], June 25 (ANI): The European Union (EU) on Friday imposed more economic sanctions on the Belarusian government led by President Alexander Lukashenko, following the detention of journalist Roman Protasevich.
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Committee to Protect Journalists confer press freedom award on Hong Kong's
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New York [US], June 23 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said it will honour Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned founder of Hong Kong's Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.
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Obama-Era State Dept approved paramilitary training in US for Khashoggi ki
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Washington DC [US], June 23 (ANI/Sputnik): The Obama-era State Department approved training in the United States for Saudi operatives who were involved in the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the New York Times reported citing documents and people familiar with the matter.
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Apple Daily crackdown "sent shudders across media industry", says Hong Kon
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Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): After 500 police officers raided the Apple Daily newsroom in Hong Kong last week to arrest executives and top editors, a Hong-Kong based reporter on Sunday said that the incident has "sent shudders" throughout the media industry.
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Indian Army gave befitting reply to China's aggressive moves in Ladakh, sa
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New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): India has made rapid progress over the decades and is today a major missile power, a nuclear power and has indigenous fighter planes, veteran journalist Prem Prakash has said and noted that the Army gave a "befitting reply" to China over its aggressive mo
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World media bodies poke holes in Pak journalist murder probe, seek fresh i
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid, published by international media bodies, finds significant errors in the official police investigation, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Pak journalists, activists question silence of religious bodies after cler
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Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Lahore police have registered a case against cleric Mufti Azizur Rehman following a video clip surfaced on social media showing him allegedly sexually assaulting one of his students, prompting journalists and activists to condemn the incident and question
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Priyanka Gandhi demands CBI enquiry into UP journalist's death
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New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday wrote to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding a CBI enquiry into the death of a TV journalist based in Uttar Pradesh who had been found dead under mysterious circumstances in Pr
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UP Police files FIR against unknown persons in connection with death of sc
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Pratapgarh (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 14 (ANI): Uttar Police on Monday registered an FIR against unknown persons at Kolwali Police Station in connection with the death of a television journalist.
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