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Ramjas violence: Delhi HC to hear plea seeking action against cops for �
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 7 (ANI): The Delhi High Court today will hear the plea seeking action against those policemen who used excessive force during the clash in Ramjas College, and allegedly manhandling students and journalists.
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Amnesty Intl slams Pak Govt for inaction against attacks on journalists, a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], Mar. 1 (ANI): Reprimanding the Pakistani Government over its inaction against the endangerment of the lives of journalists, bloggers, activists, Global human rights organisation Amnesty International on Wednesday called on the government to take urgent action.
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Ramjas row: PIL filed against policemen who assaulted students
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March. 1 (ANI): Students from Delhi University's law department on Wednesday approached the Delhi high court for action against policemen who allegedly assaulted students and journalists at Ramjas college during a protest.
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Trump's media war threatens journalists globally, warns CPJ
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 26 (ANI): The Trump administration should 'act as a champion of press freedom', rather than prosecute a war with mainstream US media that could 'send a signal to other countries that it is OK to verbally abuse journalists and undermine their credibi
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Dominican Republic: Journalists shot dead during Facebook Live broadcast
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], Feb. 15 (ANI): In a shocking development from the Dominican Republic, two radio journalists were shot after gunmen opened fire during a news bulletin which was being broadcast on Facebook Live.
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CPJ, IFJ demand probe into B'desh journo's murder
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Feb. 5 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the Bangladesh to vigorously probe the killing of the daily Samakal newspaper journalist, Abdul Hakim Shimul.
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Journalists entering U.S. feel pangs of Muslim ban
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [USA], Feb. 2 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has raised concern that Customs and Border Protection officers should respect the rights of journalists to protect confidential information when subjecting international reporters to screening on their entry into the Un
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Journalists protest in Gilgit over attempts to curb press freedom
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan.31 (ANI): Journalists in Gilgit took to the streets and staged a protest against issuance of notices to various local newspapers by Gilgit-Baltistan bureaucracy for publishing stories 'critical' of the regional government.
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One journalist killed every four days in 2016: UNESCO
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan. 18 (ANI): More than 100 journalists were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom.
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Media watchdog asks Pakistan to probe killing of journalist in Balochistan
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan. 15 (ANI): The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Pakistan to investigate the killing of a journalist in the Balochistan province.
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VVIP chopper deal: Some journalists under SC radar
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear the plea for a SIT probe against some journalists for writing in favour of AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal after being purportedly paid by the company.
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93 media professionals killed in 2016
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Dec. 31 (ANI): Ninety three journalists and media professionals were killed in 2016, according to new statistics published by the world's largest journalists' organisation.
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