Tag: Journalists

Rights lawyer Amal Clooney to represent journalists held in Myanmar

YANGON: Prominent human rights lawyer Amal Clooney has joined the legal team representing two Reuters reporters jailed in Myanmar, who are accused of possessing...

‘Strict actions should be taken against those involved in violence against...

LAHORE: An International Conference on “World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: A Pakistani Perspective on UNESCO Report” was held in the Institute...

Railway workers announce protest for service structure, basic wage rights

LAHORE: A large number of Railway Workers Union (CBA-Workshop) and Railway Diploma Holder Federation members held a protest in front of the Railway Carriage...

Govt seeks time to respond to petition seeking legislation for protection...

ISLAMABAD: The government on Tuesday asked for time from Islamabad High Court (IHC) for submitting a reply to the petition seeking legislation for ending...

Kenya journalists, fearing arrest, camp out in newsroom

NAIROBI: Three Kenyan journalists said on Thursday they spent the night in their newsroom in fear of arrest, watching plainclothes policemen camped outside, and...

Marriyum urges journalists to play constructive role in highlighting national identity

HAFIZABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb has urged the journalists to play a constructive role in highlighting the national identity...

Police search Russian journalist’s home over terror case

MOSCOW: Police in Moscow has searched the home of an independent journalist who came under fire from the state last year over an article...

Female journalists protest being ‘penned in’ during Pence Western Wall visit

JERUSALEM: Women journalists covering US Vice President Mike Pence's visit Tuesday to the Western Wall criticised what they called discrimination after being forced to...

Journalists meet Bilawal, CM, asks for funding

BADIN: A delegation of Badin Press Club journalists met Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah...

Guatemala lawmaker arrested in killing of two journalists in 2015

SUCHITEPEQUEZ: The Guatemala attorney general’s office confirmed on Saturday the arrest of a congressman Julio Juarez Ramirez, who is accused of plotting the murders...

Top Turkish court surpasses limit with journalists’ ruling, say deputy PM

ISTANBUL: Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Friday the Constitutional Court had overstepped its limit, set out in the law, with its...

US disappointed in Myanmar decision on two reporters under OSA

WASHINGTON: The US State Department on Wednesday said it is "deeply disappointed" by the decision of the Myanmar Court that's allowing the prosecution of...

Bill Clinton, EU call for release of Reuters journalists in Myanmar

WASHINGTON: Former US President Bill Clinton and the European Union’s envoy to Myanmar on Monday called for the immediate release of two Reuters journalists...

Thai PM uses cardboard cutout to avoid journalists’ questions

BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister has found a novel way to avoid journalists’ questions: producing a life-sized cardboard cutout of himself and telling the reporters...

Pakistan among world’s 10 most dangerous places for journalists

ISLAMABAD: At least 81 reporters were killed doing their jobs in 2017, while violence and harassment against media staff has skyrocketed, said the International...

Myanmar frees two Turkish journalists

MYANMAR: Myanmar on Friday freed two journalists for Turkey’s state broadcaster, their local interpreter and a driver after they completed a two-month jail sentence...

No resolution for Kashmir due to UN’s indolence and world’s apathy:...

ISLAMABAD: The Measac Research Centre (MRC) organized an international seminar “Assessment of the Kashmir dispute and a way forward” in Islamabad. Speaking to the seminar through...