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United Kashmir People's National Party highlights impact of Pak extremism
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) organised an international conference earlier this week at the House of Commons in London. British legislators, well-known human rights activists, thinkers, lawyers, journalists, authors, and Kashmiri Diaspora in the UK participated and shar
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US "intensely engaged" in efforts to seek immediate release of jailed WSJ
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Answering a query over the efforts of freeing jailed Evan Gerschkovich, Blinken said, "It's a sombre day, for the reasons that my alter ego cited just a few minutes ago. We know that journalists around the world are increasingly under siege - under siege in a whole variety of ways.
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"They can kill me at any time": Pak journalist recalls kidnapping, alleged
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The 40-year-old said the torture only stopped when he agreed to record a video pledging to stop criticising the powerful Pakistani military and the pro-government terrorists that are allegedly on its payroll.
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World Press Freedom Day: Srinagar passport office organises meditation pro
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Journalists from various media organizations in the region participated in the program.
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Gautam Gambhir lashes out at former DDCA president, journalist Rajat Sharm
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Former India batter Gautam Gambhir lashed out at senior journalist Rajat Sharma, who once was the president of the Delhi & District Cricket Association (DDCA), for his coverage of an apparent spat between him and star batter Virat Kohli following the Indian Premier League (IPL) match bet
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British Parliamentarians, activists attend int'l conference on 'Growing Ex
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The Conference titled "Growing Extremism and Violence in South Asia and How it will Affect Britain and South Asia" which was organized on Tuesday, unanimously agreed upon and declared several points related to security and peace in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and South Asia.
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Violence against journalists in Afghanistan increasing, says media body
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The plight of journalists in Afghanistan is deteriorating with every passing day as the violence against the community has increased manifold in the nation under Taliban rule.
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"I felt a bit caged," Emma Watson on her almost 5 year break from acting
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
I think I felt a bit caged," Watson said. "The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn't have very much control over. To stand in front of a film and have every journalist be able to say, 'How does this align with your viewpoint?'
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World Press Freedom Day special: Actors who played journalists in films
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Media is the fourth pillar of democracy because a nation can't flourish if its press is not free. On May 3 the world celebrates the freedom of the press and cinema has multiple times represented the situation of journalism in our society.
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US: Muslim Mayor of New Jersey disinvited from White House Eid celebration
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
"It's disappointing and it's shocking that this continues to happen under our Constitution which provides that everyone is innocent unless proven guilty. I honestly don't know what my charge, if you want to put it that way, is at this point, to be treated in such a manner," Khairullah tol
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Islamabad riskiest place to practise journalism in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
At least 140 cases of threats and attacks against journalists, media professionals and media organisations were reported in Pakistan over the past year, indicating an annual increase of over 60 per cent.
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US "deeply disappointed" after Russia denies request to visit jailed repor
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Addressing the presser, Patel said, "Let me take a little bit of a step back. I think first and foremost as it relates to Evan's case, we of course were deeply disappointed that the request to visit Evan in early May, on May 11th for a consular visit, was denied."
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