New Delhi, April 10 Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha leader Derek O'Brien on Friday attempted to draw parallels between incidents in Germany in the 1930s and contemporary India in a blog post, but added a "disclaimer" stating that he does not intend to defame or portray anyone negatively, advising...
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North Lakhimpur/Guwahati, April 10 Unidentified individuals attacked the office of an Assamese daily in North Lakhimpur, breaking window panes with stones, police said on Friday.They said the incident is suspected to have occurred the previous night."We have learned that miscreants attacked...
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New Delhi, April 9 A Delhi court has ordered Google LLC and several media houses to remove and take down allegedly defamatory content linking businessman Manoj Kesarichand Sandesara and his family to the Sterling Biotech bank fraud case.Senior Civil Judge-cum-Rent Controller Richa Sharma was...
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Paris, April 8 – A leading international press freedom organization strongly condemned Turkey's use of digital censorship against exiled journalists, calling on the authorities to end the "oppressive policy."Describing the act as a continuation of the crackdown on journalists already forced...
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Washington, April 7 – US President Donald Trump threatened legal action against journalists and media organizations over a leak related to a high-risk US rescue mission in Iran, saying reporters could face jail if they refused to reveal their sources.“We’re looking very hard to find that...
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New Delhi, March 21 Three prominent journalists' organizations on Saturday condemned the alleged "intimidation" and use of "excessive force" during the sealing of the premises of news agency United News of India here following a high court order.In separate statements, the Press Club of India...
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New Delhi, March 21 Left leaders on Saturday condemned the Delhi Police's sealing of the UNI news agency's office, alleging that the move reflected intimidation of the press and high-handedness by authorities.CPI(M) general secretary MA Baby, in a post on X, said a free press cannot function...
New Delhi, March 20 In the face of heavy police deployment, the office of UNI, a news agency, in Delhi was sealed by the Land and Development Office (L&DO) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Friday, following a high court order – a move the media organization termed as an...
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Shimla, March 16 Disciplinary action has been initiated against a police officer for allegedly manhandling a senior journalist in Kufri, about 20 kilometers from Shimla.The incident occurred on Sunday when the police officer allegedly prevented the journalist from covering a news event and...
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Dhaka, March 14 – Several European and global civil society organizations have called on Tarique Rahman, the new Prime Minister of Bangladesh, to secure the immediate release and proper medical care of imprisoned journalist, writer, freedom fighter, and human rights activist Shahriar Kabir.In...
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Athens, March 13. Pakistan's strategy to silence opposition combines domestic authoritarianism with transnational repression. As the crackdown within the country intensifies through the arrest of journalists, censorship of media, and the violent dispersal of protests, the effort to target...
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Dhaka, March 11 – More than a year after Bangladesh’s July uprising, several journalists remain in jail as courts continue to reject their bail petitions in multiple cases, many of which rights groups claim are politically motivated, according to a report by the Dhaka Tribune.Media...
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Paris, March 7 – A leading international press freedom organization expressed grave concern over a new wave of repression targeting Afghan refugees, including exiled journalists across Pakistan.Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warned that the escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan...
New Delhi, February 17 – The Delhi BJP on Tuesday condemned the opposition Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for symbolically burning a newspaper as a protest against "unfavorable" media coverage, calling it a sign of anarchist ideology.Delhi BJP Media Head Praveen Shankar Kapoor criticized AAP Convenor...