by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, May 28, 2023Leading a delegation of four dozen ministers, government officials and journalists, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will visit India from May 31 to June 3. Kathmandu and New Delhi on Saturday officially announced the visit, which is Dahal’s first official outing since assuming office in December last year. In a statement on Saturday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal said Dahal would be leaving for…
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By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, May 2, 2023Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC), on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, has reported on the deteriorating situation of media in Afghanistan – adding violence cases against journalists have increased by 64 percent in the past year. The organization on Tuesday, May 2, which marks International Press Freedom Day, published a report highlighting the situation of media in Afghanistan and warned of the continued threats…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, April 6, 2023Three journalists were arrested by the Taliban forces in Baghlan province in Northern Afghanistan, local sources said. Three journalists, including two reporters from Radio Television Afghanistan (RTA) and a journalist for the private TV Tanwir, were arrested from their area in Pule-e-Khumri, the capital city of Baghlan province, on Thursday morning. Ghulam Ali Wahdat, a journalist for Tanwir TV, Safiullah Wafa and Noor Agha, reporters from…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, Mar 18, 2023 at 8:40 PMAfghanistan National Journalists Union (ANJU) in a report on Saturday said that after the establishment of the Islamic Emirate, 53% of journalists lost their employment and 50% of the media outlets were closed over many reasons, particularly financial issues. The report is published on the occasion of National Journalist’s Day in Afghanistan. “Most media employees have left Afghanistan. The media community is facing several problems.…
report in The News, March 13, 2023KABUL:e Islamic State group on Sunday claimed a bomb attack that killed a security guard and wounded a group of journalists and children in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif this week. Saturday´s bombing occurred at an event honouring Afghanistan´s journalists, and came two days after a suicide bomber killed the Taliban governor of Balkh province in an attack also claimed by IS. The attack against journalists was caused…
By Arshad Yousafzai in The News, Feb 19, 2023Following the conclusion of a fact-finding mission in northern Sindh, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed concern over the state of law and order in upper districts of the province mentioning high incidence of gender-based violence, slow pace of rehabilitation of flood-affected communities and safety issues for journalists. The HRCP mission said it was concerned over the political and feudal influence on state institutions…
Edit in The Nation, Jan 23, 2023The federal government’s revelation in the Senate on Friday, that as many as 42 journalists have been killed in Pakistan over the last four years, is extremely troubling. It is clear that journalism and all those who practice it have come under increasing threat ever since the PTI government took office, but 42 in just four years shows how the state has completely failed this profession. Compare this number…
report in TOLOnews, Jan 6, 2023 at 1:44 PMA number of journalists in Paktia province on Friday criticized the lack of access to information by officials and said the issue has left a negative impact on their activities. They said that officials and spokesmen are not providing them with information on time. “It is the responsibility of officials and relevant organizations to provide accurate and timely information to the media,” said Abdul Rahman Wayand, a…
Report in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 1, 2023The Federation of Nepali Journalists has said 2022 was very challenging in terms of freedom of the press and expression in Nepal. The federation says fresh challenges to press freedom have been added as new means have been adopted to curb freedom of the press with the advancement of new technology. “People or groups disagreeing with the news have started attacking media organisations and journalists through a different…
PFUJ plans sit-in near parliament on 30th
by Kalbe Ali in Dawn, January 25th, 2023ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) has chalked out a plan to hold nationwide demonstrations, as well as a sit-in opposite Parliament House in Islamabad, in protest against the federal government’s anti-media measures. Afzal Butt, the PFUJ president, and secretary general Arshad Ansari said in a statement on Tuesday the campaign would begin on Jan 26 (tomorrow) in order to press the government into redeeming its…