Tag: reporters

Taliban fighters double as reporters to wage Afghan digital war

KABUL: Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban's chief spokesman and editor-in-chief of the insurgent group's daily news bulletin, starts every day by collecting reports of overnight...

SC disposes of plea about police torture on reporters

ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court on Friday disposed of plea in connection with the torture on reporters and workers by the Islamabad Police at D Chowk. A three-member...

Reuters reporters arrested appear in Myanmar court

YANGON: Two Reuters journalists accused of violating Myanmar’s Official Secrets Act appeared in court on Tuesday, with prosecutors due to present more witnesses to...

Police charged Reuters reporters with ‘Secrets Act’ hour after their arrest

YANGON: Myanmar police sought permission from the nation’s president to go ahead with an investigation into whether two Reuters journalists had breached the Official...

Sudan authorities arrest Reuters, AFP journalists in Khartoum

KHARTOUM: Sudanese authorities have detained a Reuters stringer and an AFP reporter who were covering protests in the capital Khartoum, the country’s external information...

Myanmar police charge Reuters reporters under Official Secrets Act

YANGON: Two Reuters journalists were formally charged by police in a Myanmar court Wednesday for breaching a colonial-era secrecy law that carries up to 14...

Shelter to open in Mexico for reporters under threat

When photojournalist Ruben Espinosa felt harassed by the authorities in eastern Mexico, he fled to the capital. Without protection, he was shot dead in...