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Pakistani media remains hostage to repressive tactics, says rights commiss
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], March 8 (ANI): Pakistani media remains hostage to repressive tactics and critical reporting results in violations against journalists, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) said on Monday.
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Pope Francis praises journalists covering Ukraine crisis, calls for cessat
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Vatican City [Vatican], March 6 (ANI): Pope Francis on Sunday appreciated the journalists covering the Russia-Ukraine conflict while putting their lives at risk to provide information and called for the cessation of armed attacks.
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Taliban intelligence trying to control Afghan media, says watchdog
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): Taliban intelligence is trying to control the Afghan media by torturing and beating Afghan journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said in its latest report.
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NEWS44, a news portal aimed at bringing out stories of common man, to go l
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 28 (ANI/TPT): NEWS44, an all-new Delhi-based online news portal is set to go live from March this year.
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Russia confirms 116,093 new cases of COVID-19 in past 24 hours
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Moscow [Russia], February 27 (ANI/Sputnik): Russia has confirmed 116,093 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 16,291,116 cases, and 769 coronavirus deaths, bringing the death toll to 350,896, the federal response center told journalists on Sunday.
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Amendments to media law 'oppressive and draconian', says Islamabad HC
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 26 (ANI): Terming the amendments to media law in Pakistan "oppressive and draconian", Islamabad high court (IHC) has restrained the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) from arresting anyone without full implementation of its standard operating procedures (SOPs)
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Denmark ready to take in refugees from Ukraine: PM Frederiksen
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], February 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Denmark will accept refugees fleeing from Ukraine, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen told journalists on Thursday.
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Afghan journalists blame Taliban's spokesperson for denying information
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], February 25 (ANI): Afghan journalists blamed the Taliban's spokesperson, Zabiullah Mujahid, for restrictions on access to information and said that pieces of information were not provided to them.
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Pak journalists to stage sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against drac
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Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan journalists have decided to stage a sit-in outside parliament on March 1 against a recently promulgated ordinance introducing "controversial" amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), reported local media.
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Rajasthan to give compensation of Rs 50 lakh to kin of journalists who die
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Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 23 (ANI): Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said that the government will give a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to the families of accredited and non-accredited journalists in the state who die due to COVID-19.
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Afghanistan: No media outlet will remain active in next six months, cautio
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Kabul [Afghanistan], February 23 (ANI): Voicing concern over media's economic challenge post the Taliban took control of Kabul, the Afghanistan Journalists and Media Organizations Federation (AJMOF) said that no media outlet will remain active in the next six months in the country if immedia
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Pakistan: Journalists union challenges PECA amendments in Islamabad HC
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 23 (ANI): Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), on Tuesday, has filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court opposing the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016.
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