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Why Reporters Without Borders deems Imran Khan a 'press freedom predator':
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 11 (ANI): An international media watchdog report, released earlier this week, has listed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on a list of the world's 37 worst rulers in the area of press freedom.
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Journalist body urges Pak govt to amend proposed legislation targeting scr
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 10 (ANI): Raising concern about the new law that threatens press freedom in Pakistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar and Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Elahi to amend the proposed legislation.
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China opposes European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 9 (ANI): China on Friday opposed a European Parliament resolution on Hong Kong, which had denounced the closure of the city's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, highlighting the rapid deterioration of press freedom in Hong Kong.
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Pakistan journalists' union announces countrywide protest against law curb
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 4 (ANI): The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has called for a countrywide protest on Monday against the adoption of the controversial Punjab Assembly Privilege Bill 2021, which envisages award of punishment to journalists over the publication of report
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'Enough is enough': 4 Nordic newspapers publish front-page letter criticis
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Copenhagen [Denmark], July 1 (ANI): Four leading newspapers from the Nordic countries marked the centenary of the Chinese Communist Party's founding by publishing a full-front page editorial criticising China's violation of press freedom in Hong Kong.
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Reporters Without Borders condemns closure of Hong Kong's Apple Daily due
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Paris [France], June 24 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a France-based non-profit aimed at safeguarding the right to freedom of information, on Wednesday condemned the closure of Hong Kong's pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, following an intense crackdown by the government.
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Committee to Protect Journalists confer press freedom award on Hong Kong's
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], June 23 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said it will honour Jimmy Lai, the imprisoned founder of Hong Kong's Next Digital media company and Apple Daily newspaper, with the 2021 Gwen Ifill Press Freedom Award.
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy daily prints 500,000 copies despite raid, arrest
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Hong Kong, June 18 (ANI): Despite a massive raid on the pro-democracy Apple Daily, the Hong Kong tabloid, continued its operations and printed 500,000 copies of Friday's paper while warning the readers that the city's "press freedom is now hanging by a thread".
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World media bodies poke holes in Pak journalist murder probe, seek fresh i
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): A new report on the murder of Pakistani journalist Zubair Mujahid, published by international media bodies, finds significant errors in the official police investigation, according to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
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Pakistan's stringent new media law stirs controversy
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan is trying to bulldoze through a new press law intended to consolidate government oversight of the media, raising concerns about further degradation of press freedom in the country, reported Nikkei Asia.
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Pakistan faces criticism after journalist taken off-air for slamming Army
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 5 (ANI): Pakistan has been witnessing "severe" criticism over its press freedom in the country after recent "major" incidents took place barring and assaulting journalists for criticising the government and the Army.
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Imran Khan should be ashamed of telling lies about freedom of press in Pak
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 2 (ANI): After an attack on Pakistani journalist Asad Ali Toor, opposition leader and chairman of National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Imran Khan should be ashamed while telling lies to the
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