Tag: JOURNALIST
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Myanmar jails 2 Reuters reporters for 7 years
Yangon : Two Reuters reporters were jailed on Monday for seven years for violating a state secrets act during their reporting of the Rohingya crisis, a court said, in the case that has drawn outrage for its attack on media freedom. The two journalists were being tried since 2017 for breaching Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act…
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Killers of Kashmir journalists have never been caught — will Bukhari’s killers too get away?
By Sheikh Qayoom, Srinagar : The murder in broad daylight of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari, editor-in-chief of the English daily Rising Kashmir, has shocked the entire media fraternity in the Valley — and has them wondering whether the killers will ever be brought to justice. Bukhari is not the first journalist who has fallen to…
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ED registers money laundering case against journalist
New Delhi : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against senior journalist Upendra Rai, who was arrested last week on the charge of dubious transactions through his bank accounts, an official said on Friday. More than three ED teams raided Rai’s residence in Greater Kailash in south Delhi and some places…
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Press freedom down, 3 journalists killed in 2018: Report
New Delhi : Press freedom in India has deteriorated in 2018 and three journalists have been killed in the first four months, media watchdog The Hoot said, stating that “journalists continue to be vulnerable”. The number of killings documented by the Hoot report for the first four months was the same as in the whole…
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Journalist groups demand scrapping of new central press accreditation committee
New Delhi : Several journalists organisations on Thursday protested the reconstitution of the Central Press Accreditation Committee (CPAC), saying the nominees of the representative organisations have not been included. The organisations demanded that the newly-constituted CPAC should be scrapped and a new committee be constituted by giving representation to all the organisations. In a joint…
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20 Afghan media workers killed in 2017
Kabul : Twenty journalists and media workers were killed in violence in Afghanistan in 2017, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC), an independent media safety group protecting the reporters’ rights, said on Friday. Last year was the deadliest for journalists and media in the history of Afghanistan, with 67 percent increase of incidents against them…
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Over 30 journalists killed in targeted attacks in 2017: UN
Geneva : More than 30 journalists have been killed in targeted attacks this year, two UN Special Rapporteurs announced. Speaking ahead of the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, the Special Rapporteurs on arbitrary, summary and extrajudicial executions, Agnes Callamard, and on freedom of expression, David Kaye, called on states to take…
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Mumbai Press Club demands CBI enquiry into mysterious death of journalist Akshay Singh
Mumbai: The Mumbai Press Club demands an immediate CBI inquiry into the mysterious death of Aaj Tak reporter Akshay Singh. Any delay in ordering the probe will only strengthen the perception that India is sinking to the depths of another ‘failed’ Banana Republic. Like others, who have died under mysterious circumstances, Akshay’s death needs to…