Articles for category: Media, world

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PEC condemns Myanmar militaries for killing two more reporters

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, strongly condemns the killing of two reporters during a military raid in Mon State of Myanmar and demands a fair probe to the incident that led to the death of  Htet Myat Thu  and Win Htut Oo  on 21 August 2024. Burmese media outlets ...

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PEC demands fast probe into journo-murders in Bangladesh

Geneva: Press  Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, called the interim government of Bangladesh to initiate a fast probe into the murder of five journalists in the last few weeks and punish the culprits under the law. The south Asian nation witnessed a month-long  unrest beginning the middle of July 2024, ...

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Bangla reporter killed in Dhaka, PEC expresses shock

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock and grief over the killing of a young reporter in the Bangladesh capital during a nationwide protest demonstration against the job-quota system in the south Asian nation. Hasan Mehedi (35), who worked for Bangla digital media outlet Dhaka Times, was killed while ...

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Another Pakistani journalist shot dead, PEC demands justice

Geneva: Expressing utter dismay over the relentless killing of journalists in Pakistan, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights organization, urges the highest government authority in Islamabad to investigate all relevant cases to unearth the truth and punish the culprits involved with the murder of scribes in the south Asian nation. The ...

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Indian journalist stabbed to death, PEC demands probe

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock over the murder of an Indian journalist based in Bihar on Tuesday evening and demands a fair probe into the incident to identify the culprits for necessary legal actions. The victim, identified as Shivshankar Jha, sustained multiple knife injuries when he was ...

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PEC condemns continued journo-murders in Pakistan, demands fair probe 

Geneva: Politically disturbed, financially ruined and socially disintegrated, Pakistan continues to witness the assassination of journalists with usual immunity from the government and concerned authorities. The south Asian nation lost one more journalist on 24 May as injured Sindhi journalist Nasrullah Gadani died in a Karachi-based hospital. Nasrullah (40) was attacked by the gunmen in ...

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Another journalist killed in Pakistan, PEC demands probe 

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the killing of another journalist in Pakistan within a fortnight and demands a fair probe into the incident, where Mehar Ashfaq Siyal was shot dead in Muzaffargarh locality of Punjab province by the miscreants. Mehar, who was associated with an ...

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Journalist murder accused Jamiruddin escapes UP police custody

Guwahati:  The  accused mastermind in a sensational murder case of a television journalist from Jaunpur locality of Uttar Pradesh (UP) escapes the police custody while he was taken to the north Indian State by train. Jamiruddin Qureshi (50), who was arrested from Bhiwandi area of Mumbai in connection with the killing of Ashutosh Srivastava in ...

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PEC condemns murder of UP journalist, demands punishment to perpetrators

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global safety and media rights body, strongly condemns the murder of Ashutosh Srivastava, an Indian journalist based in Uttar Pradesh, on  13 May 2024 and demands a fair probe to identify and punish the  perpetrators under the law of the land. Ashutosh (45), who hails from Jaunpur locality, was ...

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Journalist killed in Balochistan, PEC demands probe  

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the killing of a senior journalist in Balochistan on the world press freedom day and demands a thorough investigation over the incident that led to the death of Maulana Mohammad Siddique Mengal. According to local media outlets, journalist Mengal ...

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PEC expresses grief over demise of two Bangladesh journalists 

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety  and rights body, expresses profound grief over the demise of two Bangladesh journalists in a devastating fire that took place in Dhaka. The  carnage on 29 February 2024 snatched away the lives of at least 46 people including Abhishruti Shastri and Tusar Hawlader, both of whom ...