92 Palestinian journalists killed in Israel war: UNESCO awards Press Freedom Prize to reporters covering Gaza conflictUNESCO has awarded its world press freedom prize to Palestinian journalists covering the Gaza war, recognizing their courage and commitment...
03 May, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
Israeli PM calls for Al Jazeera shutdown, new law allows for 'security threat' bans on international mediaNetanyahu plans to close Al Jazeera after passing a law granting the government power to ban foreign networks. Al Jazeera vows to continue ...
02 Apr, 2024, 12.20 PM IST
Israel-Hamas war: 31 journalists killed since October 7, as per reportThese 31 journalists included 26 Palestinian, 4 Israeli and 1 Lebanese journalist.
31 Oct, 2023, 12.09 PM IST
Russia to rule on detention of second US journalistA Russian court is set to decide whether to place a Russian-American journalist in pre-trial detention for allegedly failing to register as...
20 Oct, 2023, 03.38 PM IST
Survey operations at BBC offices 'smacks of intimidation', 'affront to freedom of expression'": Global watchdogsGlobal media watchdogs and human rights bodies on Tuesday criticised the Indian government's income tax survey operations at the BBC's offi...
14 Feb, 2023, 08.17 PM IST
Taliban to charge Afghan media outlets operating from abroadBlaming the Afghan media organizations for spreading propaganda, the director of Taliban's ministry of information and culture said that th...
03 Jan, 2023, 01.07 PM IST
Luis Enrique steps down as head coach after Spain's FIFA World Cup 2022 loss against MoroccoFollowing Spain’s exit from the FIFA World Cup 2022, Luis Enrique has resigned as the head coach of the Spain Football team. He has been Sp...
08 Dec, 2022, 06.42 PM IST
Tough for CPR and Oxfam to get FCRA licence nowIn June, the Union home ministry had given a three-month extension to all FCRA registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs) whose licen...
09 Sep, 2022, 08.35 AM IST
Journalists should not be jailed for 'what they write, tweet and say': UN spokesperson on Zubair's arrestZubair was arrested by the Delhi Police on Monday over an "objectionable tweet" he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity.
29 Jun, 2022, 11.25 AM IST
Twitter doc shows govt requests for blocking tweets of some advocacy groups, politiciansLeading internet companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter file information with Lumen database about weblinks or accounts that they have...
27 Jun, 2022, 11.29 PM IST
Taliban detain UNHCR staff, 2 foreign journalists in KabulThe development in Kabul comes as President Joe Biden was expected to issue an executive order that would allow U.S. financial institutions...
11 Feb, 2022, 10.05 PM IST
Afghan media brace for what's next under Taliban ruleIn a first sign the Taliban are trying to soften their extremist reputation, one of its officials unexpectedly walked into the studios of t...
03 Sep, 2021, 02.00 PM IST
Noted scribe's abduction from downtown Islamabad raises serious question on media freedomA tweet was posted on Matiullah Jan's account by his son read, "Matiullahjan, my father, has been abducted from the heart of the capital [I...
21 Jul, 2020, 07.48 PM IST
India ranks 81st in global corruption perception indexIn the last six years, 15 journalists working on corruption stories in these countries were murdered, as reported by the Committee to Prote...
22 Feb, 2018, 11.30 AM IST
India abstains from voting on US press freedom group's pleaIndia, Iran and Turkey abstained from voting while 10 countries including Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan, Russia and Sudan voted against CPJ's...
27 May, 2016, 02.22 PM IST
Journalists' Forum Assam urges Sheikh Hasina government to probe bloggers' killingsThe CPJ urged the Hasina government to curb this violent trend by immediately finding Das's killers and bringing them to justice.
20 May, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
- Press freedom under attack worldwide
Journalists worldwide routinely are threatened and intimidated or worse, resulting in a climate of fear that endangers freedom of the press...
10 Feb, 2009, 10.53 AM IST