Prominent women journalists face online harassment in Pakistan, NWDJR feels deeply concerned

The Network of Women Journalists for Digital Rights (NWDJR) has expressed 'deep concerns' over the ongoing attacks against prominent women journalist Meher Bokhari and others in online spaces by PML-N supporters.

Myanmar: Ex-UK envoy, Japanese filmmaker among 6,000 to be freed

Yangon/UNI: Myanmar's military is set to release 6,000 prisoners including a former UK ambassador, a Japanese filmmaker and an Australian adviser to the country's ousted leader.

Intimidated, jailed, abused: Threats against journalists harm us all, warns UN chief

New York: Governments and the international community must take action to protect the people who bring us the news, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message on the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, observed on Wednesday.

Pakistan: Govt files FIR against senior journalists over sedition charges

Islamabad: Pakistan government has registered cases against  journalists Imran Riaz Khan, Sabir Shakir and Arshad Sharif for allegedly criticising state institutions and “abetting mutiny”, it emerged on Sunday.

Ukraine: Journalists targeted and in danger, warn top rights experts

New York: Journalists in Ukraine have been targeted and continue to face unprecedented dangers carrying out their work in the wake of the Russian invasion, top independent rights experts said on Wednesday.

Threats to media workers’ freedom ‘growing by the day’, UN chief warns

New York: Journalists and media workers are facing “increasing politicization” of their work and threats to their freedom to simply do their jobs, that are “growing by the day”, said the UN chief, marking World Press Freedom Day on Tuesday.

Afghan journos beaten and tortured by Taliban for covering women's protest

Kabul: Shocking images of injured Afghan journalists, who had covered women's protests against Taliban-Pakistan nexus, once again proved that the global concerns over the ruthless and barbaric rule are real.

Fifty reporters killed globally in 2020, most in non-war zones, says Reporters Without Borders

Paris/UNI: A total of 50 media workers have been killed worldwide while performing their duties this year, mostly in peaceful countries, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) non-governmental organisation said on Tuesday.

Yemen: Human right violations against journalists, coming ‘from all quarters’

New York: Unparalleled rights violations and abuses against journalists are being carried out by all parties to the armed conflict in Yemen, the UN human rights chief said on Thursday

Reporters Without Borders warns Pakistan authorities against threatening journalists living abroad

Paris: Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based non-profit organisation, has said it is shocked by a leaked Pakistani government internal memo about stopping the “rhetoric against Pakistan” of six journalists based abroad.

Pakistan's state-run PTV sacks 2 journalists for showing Kashmir as part of India

Islamabad: Pakistan's state-run PTV has sacked two employees for showing "incorrect map of Pakistan" that was showing occupied Kashmir to be a part of Indian territory.

Rights experts condemn use of force against journalists covering US protests

New York/IBNS: Journalists covering ongoing protests denouncing systemic racism and police brutality in the United States must be able to do their job in peace, two experts on the right to freedom of expression said on Wednesday.

Syrian state television says several journalists wounded near Aleppo

Cairo/Sputnik/UNI: Syrian state television reported on Sunday that several journalists covering Syrian army operations had been wounded in the vicinity of Aleppo.

Amnesty International pays tribute to slain Afghan journalists on World Press Freedom Day

Kabul, May 3 (IBNS): Journalists in Afghanistan face threats, intimidation and violence for simply doing their jobs, Amnesty International said on World Press Freedom Day as it honoured the memory of the 10 Afghan journalists killed in horrific attacks this week.