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Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy booked for threatening cop probing into mining case | Supreme Court upholds validity of Uttar Pradesh Madrasa Education Act | Not all private properties are community resources that govt can take over: Supreme Court | Pakistan's Lahore has become world's most polluted city with an AQI of 1900 on Sunday | Indian Army 'successfully completes' patrolling to a key point in Ladakh's Depsang region

Press freedom increasingly under threat in Cambodia – UN human rights report

New York: Amid growing restrictions on civic space and press freedoms in Cambodia, journalists are being increasingly subjected to various forms of harassment, pressure, and violence, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR).

Hong Kong: Independent news website Citizen News to shut down tomorrow over 'safety fears'

Hong Kong: Independent news website Citizen News has announced it will shut down from Tuesday (Jan 4) due to deteriorating media environment in the city and the need to protect its staff.

Pakistan's Justice Isa says media is not free in the country

Islamabad: Justice Qazi Faez Isa of Pakistan has remarked that the media is not free in the country.

Press freedom more important than ever, as UN condemns killing of 59 media workers

New York: At least 59 media workers have been killed this year, four of them women, the UN said on Wednesday, in a call to stand up for access to information and factual reporting “as a public good”.

Press freedom critical to countering COVID-19 ‘pandemic of misinformation’: UN chief

New York/IBNS: Journalists are key to countering the “dangerous outbreak of misinformation” accompanying the COVID-19 pandemic, the UN Secretary-General said on Monday during a virtual dialogue on promoting press freedom amid the global crisis.

Pakistan moves down in press freedom index, ranks 145 among 180 nations

Islamabad/IBNS: Displaying the tough situation of journalists in the country, Pakistan has slipped three more positions in the latest  Reporters Without Borders'  2020 World Press Freedom index and now stands at the 145th position.

Myanmar: Reuters journalists covering genocide gets seven-year-jail-term for violating state secrets act

Naypyidaw, Sep 3 (IBNS): Two Reuters journalists, who covered the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar, were found guilty of defying state secrets act and handed a seven-year-jail-term, by a country court.

#EnemyOfNone: Over 300 US news organisations to launch free press campaign on Thursday

Washington, Aug 16 (IBNS): Condemning US President Donald Trump's attacks on American media houses, over 300 such organisations will launch a free press campaign on Thursday.