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Pak journalist' union raises alarm over TTP's warning to scribes
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 8 (ANI): A union of Pakistan journalists has expressed concern over the threat issued by the banned Tehreeki-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) to the media and urged the government to ensure the safety and security of journalists.
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Federation of journalists seeks safe haven for Afghan scribes
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], September 3 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged the SAARC countries and international communities to provide a safe haven to Afghan journalists seeking help.
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Afghan women journalists say they are now being "barred" from working
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 20 (ANI): Women journalists in Afghanistan have said that they are being barred from working by the Taliban who have overtaken control of the country and who had assured that women would be allowed to work corresponding with Sharia law.
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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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Democracy, Constitution in Pakistan 'only in name', says senior journalist
Updated : 4 years, 9 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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Four arrested scribes in cahoots with Taliban, met ISI officials: Afghan a
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 2 (ANI): Four Afghan journalists who were arrested in southern Kandahar province this week, were "collaborating" with the Taliban, the National Directorate of Security (NDS) said on Sunday.
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Reporters Without Borders denounces China's 'hypocritical stance' over att
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], July 31 (ANI): Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has denounced Beijing for taking a "hypocritical stance" after the Chinese authorities accused the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of broadcasting "fake news" while covering Henan floods.
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International journalist federation condemns attacks on foreign scribes in
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Beijing [China], July 30 (ANI): The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the attacks on foreign journalists in China and urges authorities to ensure that journalists can report safely and independently.
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Hong Kong scribes register protest as police intimidate reporter, confisca
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, July 29 (ANI): A group of journalists has demanded the Hong Kong police to explain why a city reporter's home was searched and travel documents were confiscated, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) informed on Wednesday.
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5 arrested in J-K for preparing 'strategic hit list' of govt officers, scr
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], July 17 (ANI): With the arrest of five persons, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said it has made a "major breakthrough" in unearthing a "terror and intimidation machinery" which allegedly issuing threats to government officers, journalists and othe
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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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