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World Press Freedom Day: Pakistan 5th most dangerous place for journalists
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 3 (ANI): On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) urged the Shehbaz government to protect the rights of media personnel and journalists amid the rising human rights violations against media in Pakistan.
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RSF urges UN to address press freedom issue during upcoming visit to China
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 28 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has urged United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to address the country's dire state of press freedom during her upcoming mission to China in May.
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Hong Kong authorities continue to punish dissenting voices
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 21 (ANI): The recent arrest in Hong Kong of a journalism professor, on charges of conspiring to publish seditious material, has troubled academics and journalists alike and shows how the city authorities continue to punish dissenting voices.
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Act quickly to protect Afghan journalists, RSF tells new UN special rappor
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Paris [France], April 13 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have written to Richard Bennett, the UN's new special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, calling for urgent action to defend journalists and press freedom in Afghanistan, where arbitrary arrests are on the
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Turkey steps up attacks on press freedom
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Nicosia [Cyprus], February 14 (ANI): The Turkish government, under autocratic President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has been suppressing press freedom in the country and has been exercising almost complete control of the Turkish mass media for many years, but recently it has embarked on an atte
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Media freedom deteriorated in 2021 compared to previous two years in Pakis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 31 (ANI): The Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE) on Sunday released a report to highlight how press freedom deteriorated in 2021 as compared to the previous two years in Pakistan, local media reported.
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Hong Kong: 2022 starts with 'mis-happenings' for press freedom
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Hong Kong, January 29 (ANI): The freedom of expression in Hong Kong witnessed a massive crackdown by the Chinese authorities in the past months and the latest example of it is a pro-democracy media outlet Citizen News, which was shut down at the starting of 2022.
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MEPs adopt resolution slamming China's crackdown on Hong Kong press
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 21 (ANI): The Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a resolution slamming the Chinese government's crackdown on press freedoms in Hong Kong.
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Afghanistan: Media watchdog raises concern over detention of Noorin TV Own
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], January 1 (ANI): A Belgium-based media watchdog has condemned the detention of Haji Arif Noori, owner of the independent Noorin Television station, and called on the Taliban to cease its attacks on press freedom and allow freedom of expression.
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Chief Executive Carrie Lam terminating press freedom in Hong Kong: NGO aft
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 29 (ANI): Condemning the recent raid on the office of Hong Kong independent media Stand News, Paris-based NGO Reporters Without Borders said that Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam is terminating press freedom in the territory and called on authorities to release a
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China influencing global media to counter criticism, spread propaganda
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 28 (ANI): China is using a variety of strategies including ramping up international broadcasting, undertaking extensive advertising campaigns, and infiltrating foreign media outlets to counter criticism and spread its propaganda.
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Pakistan slips further in Press Freedom Index, down to 145th position
Updated : 4 years, 2 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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