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Mamata Banerjee condemns death of UP scribe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 14 (ANI): Condemning the death of a journalist under mysterious circumstances in Uttar Pradesh's Pratapgarh, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday questioned the Uttar Pradesh Government regarding the incident.
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Pakistan continues unprecedented assault on civil liberties by attacking j
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 14 (ANI): As Pakistan continues to stifle freedom of speech, the country is pursuing an unrelenting assault on journalism as scribes are fired, harassed and assaulted for their critical reporting.
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Indian-origin journalist wins Pulitzer Prize for exposing China's Uyghur M
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], June 12 (ANI): Indian origin journalist Megha Rajagopalan, along with two contributors, has won the Pulitzer Prize for innovative investigative reports that exposed secretly built China's mass detention camps for Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang province.
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Pakistan government on backfoot after strong protests over proposed digita
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 11 (ANI): Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has found itself on the back foot on the proposed digital regulation draft after a strong protest by the media and journalist community calling for a struggle to preserve free speech.
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CCTV footage of journalist being arrested in Hyd goes viral, opposition al
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 9 (ANI): After the CCTV footage of a journalist being arrested in Hyderabad went viral, journalist unions and opposition parties alleged that personnel in civil dress had ill-treated and forcibly taken him away.
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Pakistan: JI leader slams Imran Khan-led govt for making Islamabad insecur
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): The head of Jamaat-e-Islami's (JI) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unit, Senator Mushtaq Ahmad Khan has alleged that the Imran Khan-led government had turned Islamabad into a second Guantanamo Bay for journalists, who have spoken out about feeling insecure ins
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Pakistan lawmaker Jugnu Mohsin attacked by unidentified gunmen, escapes un
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 7 (ANI): Jugnu Mohsin, a wife of noted Pakistani journalist Najam Sethi and Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in the Punjab province, barely survived an assassination attempt in Okara, after unidentified individuals opened fire on her vehicle, Pakistan media reporte
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Pakistan: Resolution condemning rising attacks on journalists submitted in
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], June 6 (ANI): A resolution has been submitted in the Punjab provincial Assembly in Pakistan, condemning attacks on journalists and rights activists in the country.
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Pakistan faces criticism after journalist taken off-air for slamming Army
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan has been witnessing "severe" criticism over its press freedom in the country after recent "major" incidents took place barring and assaulting journalists for criticising the government and the Army.
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Woman journalist among four people killed in Kabul blasts
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 5 (ANI): A woman journalist including three people were killed in an IED explosion on Thursday in Afganistan's capital Kabul.
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Global Journalism community criticises Myanmar for jailing two scribes on
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar] June 4 (ANI/Sputnik): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Friday accused the Myanmar military of jailing two journalists on trumped-up charges and demanded their release.
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SC refuses to interfere with Delhi HC's anticipatory bail order to journal
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Delhi High Court's order granting anticipatory bail to TV anchor Varun Hiremath, accused of raping a woman in a 5-star hotel in Delhi's Chanakyapuri.
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