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China continues unprecedented campaign of repression against media under X
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Beijing [China], December 8 (ANI): China's violations against its own international commitments to freedom of opinion and expression has significantly increased under the current regime.
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Committee to Protect Journalists asks Hong Kong to allow foreign correspon
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 16 (ANI): Hong Kong's refusal to renew a visa for an Australian journalist "shreds repeated claims" by the city's government that it upholds press freedom, said Committee to Protect Journalists, urging the authorities to reverse the decision immediately.
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Reporters Without Borders nominate Myanmar-based journalist for courage aw
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 5 (ANI): Myanmar-based journalist Kay Zon Nway has been nominated by Paris-based non-governmental organisation, Reporters Without Borders, for the 2021 Press Freedom Awards.
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Reporters Without Borders nominate jailed Chinese journalist for press fr
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 5 (ANI): Paris-based non-governmental organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has nominated jailed Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan for the 2021 RSF Press Freedom Awards.
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Pakistan media works under repressive environment: Reports
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 1 (ANI): Pakistan's media works under a repressive environment facing online harassment according to recent reports.
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China: Press freedom groups call for release of citizen journalist Zhang Z
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 19 (ANI): Raising concerns about the health condition of Chinese journalist and former lawyer Zhang Zhan, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged the Chinese authorities to exonerate and release Zhang immediately.
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EU expresses concerns over human rights, enforced disappearances in Pakist
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 9 (ANI): European Union's Ambassador to Pakistan Androulla Kaminara on Wednesday expressed concerns over human rights and enforced disappearances in Pakistan before the renewal of GSP Plus that is going to expire by the end of 2023.
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Nehru was not a dynast, allowed press freedom, but miscalculated on China,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): In a recent talk, ANI chairman Prem Prakash made an assessment of Jawaharlal Nehru-led government saying that Nehru allowed freedom of the press and was not a dynast, but miscalculated on China and Tibet and could not elicit the right response from We
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Pakistan Newspapers Society says no to new media law, calls it 'unconstitu
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): A premier body of newspapers publishers in Pakistan has rejected the proposed media law, describing it as "unconstitutional and draconian".
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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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Democracy, Constitution in Pakistan 'only in name', says senior journalist
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): Hamid Mir, a senior Pakistani journalist has laid bare the narrowing space for press freedom and the growing threat against scribes in the country.
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Afghanistan's media freedom in retreat as security situation deteriorates
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 27 (ANI): As the security situation deteriorates amid Taliban advances, the biggest loss has been incurred by the media who are retreating from the captured areas, thereby undermining press freedom.
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