Rights/Press

IFJ condemns denial of renewal to ABS-CBN’s broadcasting franchise in Philippines.

July 11, 2020 Manila: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) have expressed grave concern over the The Philippines House of Representatives committee voted…

PCI seeks report on Odisha Sarpanch attack on scribe reporting Covid-19

July 9, 2020 New Delhi: The Press Council of India(PCI) has taken suo-motu cognizance of the alleged attack on a Journalist for reporting on violation of COVID-19 guidelines by Sarpach of Korua Panchayat, in Jagatsinghpur…

Progressive Muslims body IMPAR engages Prabhu on issues before community, country

July 8, 2020 New Delhi: Prime Minister’s Sherpa for G7 and G 20 countries and MP Suresh Prabhu on Wednesday had a brain storming session with an influential body of progressive Muslims as part of…

Nationwide protest of journalists against job loss, wage loss tomorrow

JUly 8, 2020 New Delhi: Hit-hard by harassment, exploitation, job loss and wage loss during the ongoing corona crisis, journalists across the country on Wednesday decided to observe nationwide protests tomorrow. Thousands of mediapersons have…

IJU condemns police complaint against Shillong Times Editor

July 8, 2020 Guwahati: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has expressed serious concern over a police complaint by Lawsohtun village council against The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim on Monday for a social media post.…

Rights

Hold Xi Jinping accountable for genocide: Uyghurs to UN

July 8, 2020 New York: The Uyghur Turks and other Muslim communities in China have asked the United Nations and other international organisations to put pressure on China and investigate the acts of genocide perpetrated…

Rights/Labour

Industrial accidents during COVID-19 kill at least 75; TUs demand experts panel

July 7, 2020 New Delhi: Since May, there have been more than 30 industrial accidents in India, killing at least 75 workers, injuring over a hundred. These numbers are based on reported incidents and the…

NHRC asks J&K, Ladakh to inform about custodial, encounter deaths

July 2, 2020 New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has asked the Union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh to inform it about any custodial death within 24 hours and any encounter…

National press bodies condemn Prasar Bharati’s threat to PTI for China-related coverage

June 28, 2020 New Delh: The Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) and Press Association on Sunday expressed condemned national broadcaster, Prasar Bharati’s threat to the Press Trust of India(PTI), describing its China-related coverage as ”detrimental…

By Naz Asghar

Are we any better as democracy today than 45 yrs ago when Emergency was imposed?

June 25, 2020 New Delhi: Today is the 45th anniversary of Emergency, and  we oberve every anniversay religiously  to express satisfaction that we have left behind a ”black” era when dissent and disagreement was crushed…

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