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Committee to Protect Journalists asks US to ensure safety of Afghan scribe
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): A top global media group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the US to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the country falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency vi
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SC issues notice to Centre on pleas seeking inquiry into Pegasus snooping
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 17 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Centre and asked it to respond on a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journ
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No constitutional governance in Pakistan, attacks on freedom of expression
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan has no constitutional governance and attacks on journalists and free speech are rampant in the country, Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Fazlur Rehman said on Wednesday.
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EU foreign ministry raises concerns over violence against journalists in P
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 11 (ANI): The European Union has raised concerns over violence, intimidation, abduction, and killing of journalists in Pakistan and said it indicated a "clear, negative trend" in the freedom of media in recent years.
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Journalist body asks Pakistan to drop charges against 2 scribes, stop hara
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 11 (ANI): Pakistan authorities should immediately drop their probe into journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, and cease harassing members of the press in retaliation for their coverage of public institutions, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tue
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Tej Pratap threatens to file PIL, FIR against journalists over poster row
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 11 (ANI): Amid the controversy over posters and banners of Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD) not carrying party leader Tejashwi Yadav's photo, elder brother Tej Pratap Yadav came live on his Facebook handle on Monday and angrily threatened to file "FIR, Defamation, and
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Journalists face threats in Afghanistan, stop working in Taliban-controlle
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 10 (ANI): Journalists in Afghanistan are facing serious threats in conflict areas and have stopped working in the Taliban-controlled regions, a country-based media advocacy group said on Tuesday.
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Pegasus issue: SC urges petitioners to refrain from parallel debate on soc
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday took exception to "parallel debate" on social media by petitioners who are seeking a court-monitored probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists, and journa
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Photojournalist manhandled by lawyers for taking pictures of accused in Ke
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], August 10 (ANI): After a brief lull, the issues between lawyers and journalist regarding covering court cases in the state capital is back on the spotlight after lawyers allegedly manhandled a photojournalist working for a vernacular newspaper here on Mon
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UK mulls sheltering Afghan journalists who worked with UK media: Foreign S
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
London [UK], August 7 (ANI/Sputnik): UK's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that his country was considering sheltering the Afghan journalists who had cooperated with UK media, the Independent reported on Saturday.
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Pakistan probe agency takes two journalists into custody
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 7 (ANI): Pakistan's federal probe agency has taken into custody two journalists in what the country's legal experts termed as an "alarming pattern" to curb free speech.
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SC to hear pleas seeking SIT probe into Pegasus issue
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court will on Thursday hear a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into the reports of the government allegedly using Israeli software Pegasus to spy on politicians, activists and journalists.
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