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EU raises concern about worsening rights situation in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], November 10 (ANI): The European Union has raised concern over the worsening human rights situation in Pakistan, especially the safety of minorities, women and journalists. This has even put Pakistan's preferred trade status with Europe in question.
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Myanmar military attempting to curb media freedom, say experts
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], November 6 (ANI): Myanmar's latest amendments in telecommunications law are an attempt by the junta to suppress the voice of journalists and muzzle the media, experts and rights activists said on Friday.
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Foreign journalists in Hong Kong say 'sources' not willing to talk after i
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 6 (ANI): As the Chinese Communist Party has imposed the draconian national security law in Hong Kong, foreign correspondents working in the democratic city informed that their 'sources' are not willing to give them information.
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US urges China not to restrict journalists' freedom at Beijing Olympics
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 5 (ANI): The United States has urged China not to restrict journalists' access and movement as they report on the 2022 Winter Olympics, local media reported.
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Pakistani journalists 'targeted' by cyber law: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): At least 23 Pakistani journalists have been targeted under the country's draconian cyber-crime law in the last two years, a media watchdog has said.
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12 journalists killed, 230 became victims of violence in Afghanistan last
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3 (ANI): Twelve journalists were killed and 230 others became victims of violence during the past year in Afghanistan, a committee said in a report on Tuesday, reported local media.
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UN lauds courage of Afghan journalists, calls for end to crimes against th
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 3 (ANI): The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has paid tribute to the Afghan reporters for their courage and said that the impunity for crimes against journalists should be ended, reported TOLOnews.
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Website launched to highlight violence against media in Pakistan
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], November 3 (ANI): After the arrest of two dozen journalists, a collective forum of editors and news directors in Pakistan has launched a website to check the Imran khan-led government's crackdown against the media.
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Two dozen Pak journalists prosecuted under PECA act in 2 years: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 2 (ANI): A report of the Freedom Network launched on the eve of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, said that nearly two dozen journalists in Pakistan were charged in the last two years and most of them were prosecuted under th
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Committee to Protect Journalists expresses concern over situation of journ
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 31 (ANI): As violence has increased in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern over the situation of Afghan journalists, and said that hundreds of journalists have recently fled the war-torn country.
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Pakistan among top 10 countries in the world where killers of journalists
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 30 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has ranked Pakistan at the ninth spot this year on its annual Global Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where members of the press are singled out for murder and the perpetrators go free.
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Biden's meeting with Pope Francis lasted 90 minutes behind closed doors
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The meeting between US President Joe Biden and Pope Francis lasted some 90 minutes, longer than the pontiff's audiences with Biden's predecessors, Barack Obama and Donald Trump, journalists at the scene said on Friday.
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