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Ex-Vice Prez Ansari denies BJP's allegation of passing sensitive info to P
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Former Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Wednesday refuted the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) allegation that he had shared "confidential and sensitive" information about India with Pakistani journalist Nusrat Mirza.
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Journalism is not a crime: Rights group slams Pakistan's crackdown on scri
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 7 (ANI): A prominent rights group has slammed the Pakistani government for the arrest of journalist Imran Riaz Khan and urged authorities to stop punishing dissenting voices.
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Taliban crackdown on journalists continues, another Afghan scribe disappea
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington DC [US], May 31 (ANI): Raising concerns about the increasing human rights issues in Afghanistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has said the Taliban must investigate the disappearance of journalist Ali Akbar Khairkhah and ensure that local officials allow female journa
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Pakistan Journalist association stands by senior scribes booked in seditio
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 24 (ANI): The Pakistan Journalist association on Monday staged a protest outside the Karachi Press Club condemning the registration of FIRs against the senior journalists who were booked under sedition cases for allegedly criticizing state institutions.
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Sri Lanka: Several MPs accost two scribes covering parliamentary proceedin
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 18 (ANI): Several MPs from the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna accosted two journalists covering parliamentary proceedings on Tuesday amid the country's economic crisis.
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Afghan family says journalist in Kandahar arrested
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], March 28 (ANI): The Taliban have arrested an Afghan journalist in Kandahar province for unknown reasons, media reports said on Monday.
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Spanish daily slams China's 'wolf warrior diplomacy' on reporters
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Madrid [Spain], March 18 (ANI): A global media watchdog has slammed China over the treatment meted out to Spanish journalists in the capital city of Beijing.
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Pakistan most dangerous country for journalists, says Hamid Mir
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 19 (ANI): Pakistan has become the most dangerous country in the world for journalists, said a senior Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir on Friday and added that state machinery has failed to protect scribes for raising facts and highlighting public issues.
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Foreign scribes face uphill task in reporting from China: Report
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], January 31 (ANI): The foreign press is facing unprecedented hurdles covering China as a result of the government's efforts to block and discredit independent reporting, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China's (FCCC) said in its latest report.
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Rights panel expresses concern over denial of info to scribe on gifts rece
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 8 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Wednesday expressed concern that a senior journalist's request for information on gifts received by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from foreign governments has been blocked by the Cabinet Division o
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New Taliban edict targets 'immoral' Afghan TV shows featuring women
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], November 22 (ANI): In yet another setback for women's rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban on Sunday ordered television channels to stop airing shows featuring women artists and said female scribes must wear hijabs as per the group's interpretation of Islamic law.
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Former Chinese scribe detained for questioning country's role in Korean Wa
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 9 (ANI): A former Chinese journalist has been detained by police in the country for criticising China's role in the Korean War and its depiction in a blockbuster movie.
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