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'Journalism is dying out in Pakistan'
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [USA], Sept 8 (ANI): Pakistan-based journalists have said that they are being silenced through various means, with scribes being blindfolded and beaten up mercilessly. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent press freedom advocacy organisation, has taken note of t
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On World Press Freedom Day, journalist allegedly assaulted
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Malappuram (Kerala) [India], May 3 (ANI): A journalist was allegedly assaulted by some Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) workers inside the Malappuram Press Club on World Press Freedom Day.
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Selective army censorship of press may impact Pak polls
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 24 (ANI): An article published by a leading British newspaper has said that press freedom in Pakistan is under threat, being selectively censored by that country's powerful military establishment, which doesn't take kindly to criticism of its actions, or support f
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India ranks 81st in global corruption index
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Feb 23 (ANI): India has been ranked 81st on the global corruption perception index 2017, in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia-Pacific region, as per a report released by Transparency International (TI).
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Pak-run govt. in Balochistan failing to ensure free press
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Quetta (Balochistan) [Pakistan], Jan.16 (ANI): For the first time in the history of Pakistan, threats from insurgents have brought newspaper distribution across Balochistan, including in capital Quetta, to a grinding halt.
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Pak journo working for Indian news channel escapes abduction bid
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Jan 10 (ANI): A Pakistan-based reporter had a narrow escape after armed men tried to abduct him when he was travelling to the airport, on Wednesday morning.
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Rohingya crisis: Myanmar Court extends detention of two journalists
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Hong Kong [Hong Kong], Dec 28 (ANI): A Myanmar Court extended the detention of two journalists for another 14 days, who are accused of breaching the country's Official Secrets Act, despite being condemned by the international community as an attack on press freedom.
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UN Chief calls on Myanmar to free arrested journalists
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Dec 15 (ANI): Condemning the arrest of two journalists in Myanmar, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated that their arrest indicated that press freedom is shrinking in Southeast Asian country and the international community must do all it can to get th
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Free, vibrant press vital in democracy: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May. 3 (ANI): On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to stress on the importance of having a 'free and vibrant' press in a democracy.
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Trump's media war threatens journalists globally, warns CPJ
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 26 (ANI): The Trump administration should 'act as a champion of press freedom', rather than prosecute a war with mainstream US media that could 'send a signal to other countries that it is OK to verbally abuse journalists and undermine their credibi
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Journalists protest in Gilgit over attempts to curb press freedom
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Gilgit [PoK], Jan.31 (ANI): Journalists in Gilgit took to the streets and staged a protest against issuance of notices to various local newspapers by Gilgit-Baltistan bureaucracy for publishing stories 'critical' of the regional government.
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One journalist killed every four days in 2016: UNESCO
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Paris [France], Jan. 18 (ANI): More than 100 journalists were killed last year while doing their jobs, according to the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom.
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