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Pakistan police open multiple criminal investigations into four journalist
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], May 27 (ANI): Pakistani authorities must immediately drop their investigations into journalists Sami Abraham, Arshad Sharif, Sabir Shakir, and Imran Riaz Khan, and refrain from arresting and targeting journalists in retaliation for their work, the Committee to Protect Journali
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Taliban intelligence trying to control Afghan media, says watchdog
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 4 (ANI): Taliban intelligence is trying to control the Afghan media by torturing and beating Afghan journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said in its latest report.
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293 journalists jailed in 2021 globally, quarter from China, Myanmar: CPJ
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], December 10 (ANI): As many as 293 media workers were put behind bars globally in 2021, said the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
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Committee to Protect Journalists asks Hong Kong to allow foreign correspon
Updated : 4 years, 6 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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Committee to Protect Journalists expresses concern over situation of journ
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 31 (ANI): As violence has increased in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern over the situation of Afghan journalists, and said that hundreds of journalists have recently fled the war-torn country.
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Pakistan among top 10 countries in the world where killers of journalists
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 30 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has ranked Pakistan at the ninth spot this year on its annual Global Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where members of the press are singled out for murder and the perpetrators go free.
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Taliban members detain, flog journalists covering protests in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], September 9 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked Taliban to immediately cease detaining journalists in Afghanistan and allow the media to operate freely and without fear of reprisal.
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Committee to Protect Journalists asks US to ensure safety of Afghan scribe
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New York [US], August 17 (ANI): A top global media group Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has asked the US to ensure the safety of Afghan journalists as the country falls under the control of the Taliban, including facilitating safe passage out of the country and providing emergency vi
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Journalist body asks Pakistan to drop charges against 2 scribes, stop hara
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], August 11 (ANI): Pakistan authorities should immediately drop their probe into journalists Amir Mir and Imran Shafqat, and cease harassing members of the press in retaliation for their coverage of public institutions, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on Tue
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Committee to Protect Journalists calls for probe into killing of Danish Si
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], July 17 (ANI): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Saturday said Afghan authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the killing of Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui.
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Journalist body urges Pak govt to amend proposed legislation targeting scr
Updated : 4 years, 10 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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Committee to Protect Journalists confer press freedom award on Hong Kong's
Updated : 4 years, 11 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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