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Centre approves assistance for 35 families of journalists died due to COVI
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] July 1 (ANI): The Central Government has approved a proposal of the Journalist Welfare Scheme Committee headed by Apurva Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of information and Broadcasting, to provide financial relief to the families of 35 journalists who have lost their lives.
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Hong Kong bars some journalists from covering official ceremonies during X
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 30 (ANI): Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong later this week to mark the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China, Beijing has barred journalists from leading international media organizations from covering official ceremonies.
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Media faces immense challenges, certain truths remain unsaid in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 27 (ANI): Pakistan's Federal Power Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan on Sunday said that the media faces immense challenges in Pakistan as there are certain truths that cannot be said in the country where democracy is crushed often.
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'Trikut' of NGOs, BJP's rivals and ideology-driven politically motivated j
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): With the Supreme court upholding the clean chit to then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Gujarat riots case, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that the troika of BJP's political rivals, politically motivated journalists and NGOs, together
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Asian women, journalists are new targets of CCP repression: Report
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], June 22 (ANI): China journalists and other analysts are facing a coordinated and large-scale online information campaign against high-profile journalists at media outlets including the New Yorker, The Economist, the New York Times, and others, according to a new report,
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Chinese party-state, allied players influencing free speech
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 21 (ANI): Beijing has long been notorious for its difficult reporting circumstances for international journalists, however, of late the Chinese party-state and allied players are influencing free speech outside China's boundaries.
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Afghanistan: Taliban forces beat up journalist
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 15 ((ANI): Taliban forces in Afghanistan have beaten up a former reporter of Kabul News at a checkpoint of PD-5 Kabul city because he was wearing trousers, a local media reported.
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Two Reuters journalists injured, driver killed in Ukraine: Reports
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], June 4 (ANI): Two Reuters journalists were injured and a driver was killed on Friday in eastern Ukraine, according to media reports.
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UNAMA urges Taliban to stop harassing journalists
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): Amid the increasing atrocities against women journalists in Afghanistan, United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has called out the Taliban to stop harassing journalists and end extremely harsh and severe measures.
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Afghanistan: Two journalists missing in Kabul, media watchdog raises alarm
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 1 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged the Taliban to urgently probe the recent disappearance of journalists and asked to bring the perpetrators to justice.
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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the increasing human rights issues in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Taliban must investigate the disappearance of journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journa
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Arrests of lawyers, activists, journalists under national security law in
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Guangzhou [China], May 28 (ANI): On the conclusion of her recent six-day trip to China, UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Saturday raised concern over the arrests of lawyers, activists and journalists under the so-called National Security Law in Hong Kong.
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