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Reporters Without Borders urges China to release ailing Chinese COVID-19 j
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 28 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Monday urged Beijing to release Zhang Zhan, one of the first of China's "citizen journalists" who was jailed for coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Over 6,400 journalists in Afghanistan lost jobs since Taliban takeover: Su
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 24 (ANI): More than 6,400 journalists in Afghanistan have lost their jobs since the Taliban takeover of the country, according to a recent survey.
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Rahul Gandhi's slamming of journalists is an attack on freedom of the medi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party IT cell Head Amit Malviya on Tuesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and said that lashing out at journalists is an attack on freedom of the media.
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Pakistan slips further in Press Freedom Index, down to 145th position
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 19 (ANI): Pakistan is among one of the deadliest countries for journalists in South Asia as Islamabad has gone down by six points and slipped to 145th position this year in the global index of press freedom, local media reported on Sunday.
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Ultimately decision on MoS Teni continuing in chair would have to be taken
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], December 17 (ANI): Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday said that everyone was pained by Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni's behaviour but ultimately a decision on his continuing in the chair would have to be taken by the BJP.
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Afghan reporter accuses Taliban forces of assault
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], December 13 (ANI): An Afghan reporter has claimed that he was beaten and detained for six hours by the Taliban forces while covering a news story local media reported.
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SC says State force should never be used to "browbeat" political opinion o
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court has said that state force should never be used to either "browbeat" a political opinion or journalists and that the debasement in the dialogue which is taking place needs "introspection from the political class across the country".
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293 journalists jailed in 2021 globally, quarter from China, Myanmar: CPJ
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 10 (ANI): As many as 293 media workers were put behind bars globally in 2021, said the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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China is world's biggest captor of journalists: Reporters Without Borders
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 9 (ANI): At least 127 journalists are currently under detention in China for reporting on 'sensitive' topics, said Reporters Without Borders while adding that the country is the world's biggest captor of journalists.
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Rights panel expresses concern over denial of info to scribe on gifts rece
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed concern that a senior journalist's request for information on gifts received by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from foreign governments has been blocked by the Cabinet Division o
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Tripura violence: SC stays proceedings against HW News, its journalists
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 8 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the proceedings arising out of FIRs registered by the Tripura police against the HW News Network and its journalists -- Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarnja Jha -- over the reports on communal violence in the State.
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Pakistan journalists hold demonstration for rights in Punjab province
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 1 (ANI): Scores of journalists associated with regional newspapers in Pakistan's Punjab province took out a demonstration on Tuesday to push the Imran Khan government to meet several of their demands.
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