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China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists am
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [China], December 16 (ANI): China, which has arrested several journalists for their coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, is the world's worst jailer for the second year in a row, according to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent press freedom advocacy
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UN Chief appalled by record number of jailed journalists in 2020
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New York [US], December 16 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was appalled by the findings of a new report by an international watchdog that the number of imprisoned journalists hit a new high this year, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a press briefing
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There's an urgent need to re-evaluate China, CCP over human rights violati
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Beijing [China], December 15 (ANI): Numerous academics, journalists and politicians have been arrested and detained for 'anti-patriotic activities' since China imposed a national security law in Hong Kong earlier this year, yet the matter has attracted little comment from the international c
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SIT formed to probe journalist's death in Kerala
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 15 (ANI): A special investigation team has been formed by police to probe the death of journalist SV Pradeep, who was killed in an accident on Monday.
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Speaking on MeToo act of courage, not defamation: Priya Ramani tells court
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New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): Journalist Priya Ramani on Monday submitted before a Delhi court that speaking up on #MeToo is not a crime and such acts are of extreme courage that requires celebration and not defamation cases.
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SC adjourns to January plea seeking release of arrested Kerala journalist
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned for the third week of January a plea seeking immediate release of a senior Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, who was arrested along with some others by the Uttar Pradesh Police on October 5 while on their way to cov
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Kartik Aaryan shares picture of his 'worried' mother as he commences 'Dham
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 13 (ANI): Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan who announced his upcoming film on birthday, has now shared a post declaring the commencement of 'Dhamaka.'
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Iran executes dissident journalist Ruhollah Zam
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Tehran [Iran], December 13 (ANI): Iran has executed once-exiled journalist Ruhollah Zam for his online work that inspired nationwide economic protests in 2017.
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138 journalists killed in Pakistan since 1990
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Islamabad [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a 'White Paper on Global Journalism' listed five countries, including Pakistan as the 'Most Dangerous Countries for Practice of Journalism in the World' with 138 journalists being killed in Pakista
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Nobody can present call details from 1993, says Ramani's advocate in defam
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New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): In the defamation case filed by former union minister MJ Akbar, the advocate for journalist Priya Ramani told a Delhi court on Thursday that nobody can present call details from 1993 and even MTNL won't have it. She was replying to Akbar's submission tha
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TRS MLA booked under SC/ST Act for abusing, threatening journalist
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Sangareddy (Telangana) [India], December 10 (ANI): A case has been registered against Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) legislator Mahipal Reddy for allegedly abusing and threatening a journalist working with a local newspaper in Sangareddy district.
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Hindi poet Manglesh Dabral passes away at 72
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New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): Noted Hindi poet, journalist and Sahitya Akademi Award winner Manglesh Dabral passed away on Wednesday in Delhi at the age of 72. He suffered a heart attack following coronavirus complications.
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