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Pakistan's journalists' union plans legal action and protests to defend me
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Pakistan's leading journalists' union is set to initiate legal actions and a protest campaign after Ramazan to safeguard media freedom, Dawn reported on Wednesday. The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), in a statement, condemned the government's efforts to pass anti-media laws and
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Journalists in PoGB protest 'PECA' law, warn of risks to free speech
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In response to growing concerns about government overreach in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit Baltistan (PoGB), journalists and human rights activists are voicing strong opposition to the newly enacted Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA) 2025. They argue that the law poses a significant thr
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Pak: Journalist Union challenges controversial Peca law in IHC, calls it a
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) filed a lawsuit in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday against the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Peca law).
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Media body urges Pakistan government to address restrictions on freedom of
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
The Association of Electronic Media Editors and News Directors (AEMEND) has appealed to the Pakistan government to address the growing restrictions on media freedom in Pakistan, highlighting the use of various tactics to suppress dissent, as reported by The News International.
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2024 deadliest year for Pakistan journalists: Report
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Freedom Network's "Impunity Report 2024" reported that the year 2024 emerged as one of the deadliest years for Pakistan after multiple target killings with the government doing little to save mediapersons.
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Human Rights Watch urges Hong Kong to overturn convictions of journalists,
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The Human Rights Watch (HRW), an international human rights watchdog, urged the Hong Kong government to overturn the politically motivated convictions of two journalists and stop its attack on media freedom as concerns over the National Security Law continues to persist in the China-controll
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Hong Kong laws behind massive decline in media freedom: Report
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
It includes substantially tougher penalties for sedition, which Cheng described as "the main legislation that's been used against speech and media work" since the implementation of a new National Security Law in 2020.
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"Quite concerned about this action": US on closure of Al Jazeera operation
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Expressing 'concern' over the closure of Al Jazeera operations in Israel recently, the United States has said that the action is quite concerning, and added that Washington supports media freedom all around the world.
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Over 200 journalists targeted in Pakistan amid media crackdown: Report
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The report underscored a concerning trend of reduced tolerance for online dissent, coupled with attacks and harassment against journalists and bloggers, including the tragic murder of four journalists.
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Anurag Singh Thakur condemns attack on media freedom in West Bengal
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has condemned the attack on media freedom in West Bengal, where a TV journalist reporting on Sandeshkhali horrors was 'taken away' by West Bengal Police late Monday evening.
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Pakistan: Sindh HC bars authorities from suspending internet services till
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
According to a report, the relationship between the state and media freedoms deteriorated during the past two years due to growing instances of censorship, violence against journalists, and government disdain for critical media.
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Correspondent's house raided for reports on PTI leaders in Pakistan, Pak j
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
Police broke into the house of a Pakistani correspondent, Khursheed Anwar Khan, late Thursday night without any warrants and searched his house, harassing the family, according to Dawn.
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