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Uttarakhand HC quashes FIR registered against journalists by state governm
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 27 (ANI): In a major ruling, the Uttarakhand High Court on Tuesday quashed the FIR registered by the state government against two journalists for cheating, forgery, and many other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
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UN Human Rights Office raises concerns over 'shrinking of democratic space
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], October 27 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights is concerned about the situation over ensuring democratic freedoms in Tanzania in the wake of reported attacks against political opponents and journalists, the spokeswoman for the UN High
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Mumbai police must withdraw FIRs against Republic Media Network editorial
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): The Working Journalists of India (WJI) and the Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ) have demanded that the Mumbai Police should withdraw the FIRs filed against the editorial team of Republic Media Network.
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NUJ (I) condemns Mumbai Police action against Republic Media Network staff
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 24 (ANI): The National Union of Journalists (India) has expressed shock and condemned the action of Mumbai Police booking the entire editorial staff of Republic Media Network in an FIR.
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Reporter who obtained footage of Captain Safdar's arrest goes missing in P
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], October 24 (ANI): At a time when threats towards journalists are mounting in Pakistan, a senior reporter, Ali Imran Syed, went missing--he had gone to a bakery but did not return home on Friday evening, said Geo News.
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Intolerance against media increased in Pakistan since Imran Khan became PM
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], October 21 (ANI): Journalists and the media are a priority target of Pakistan's military and inter-intelligence services to subjugate freedom of speech, EU Chronicle reported, adding that such actions of intolerance towards independent journalism has increased dramaticall
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US politicians urge Egyptian president to release activists imprisoned ill
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], October 19 (ANI): More than 50 politicians of the United States have urged Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release activists, journalists, lawyers, and prisoners of conscience detained illegally in Egyptian prisons.
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Chhattisgarh govt enhances benefits for journalists
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], October 10 (ANI): The Chhattisgarh government has increased the senior media worker honorarium, financial assistance provided from Journalist Welfare Fund, and the retirement age of journalists.
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Imran Khan turns to recommend books to youth as Pakistan bears brunt of hu
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 4 (ANI): As Pakistan bears the brunt of human rights violations in the country against journalists, in Balochistan and the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, Prime Minister Imran Khan has now turned to recommend books to the youth of the nation.
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Pakistan a death trap for journalists, human rights defenders,minorities:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Slamming the "fabricated words" presented by Pakistan, India on Wednesday at the United Nations Human Rights Council highlighted that incessant efforts on its part to malign India in all international forums is not going to change the fact that hundr
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UKPNP chief urges UN rights panel to put pressure on Pakistan to release G
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled Chairman United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) Sardar Shaukat Ali Kashmiri at the 45th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council urged the council to put pressure on Pakistan for the immediate and unconditional release of all
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Issue of illegal arrest, torture of activist who removed Pakistani flag in
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 28 (ANI): Exiled political leaders from Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have raised the issue of abduction, torture, and harassment of activists and journalists by Pakistani agencies at the illegally occupied region during the ongoing 45th Session of UN Human
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