Up to 3,000 journalists have been laid off in Pakistan over the last year. With the country’s traditional media industry in crisis, some unemployed journalists have started up their own digital outlets while others have left the business altogether
For three years the journalist Jean Bigirimana has disappeared . Three years of opacity or inaction on the part of the authorities to shed light on what happened to the journalist of the independent news website Iwacu,missing since July 22, 2016
In 2016, Syrian government forces arrested al-Khalidi, a freelance photojournalist also known as Wissam al-Dimashqi, while he was covering clashes in the city of Douma, northeast of Damascus, according to Mohammad Nayef al-Khalidi, the journalist’s brother, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app
Unknown assailants attacked two RFE/RL journalists in Almaty, Kazakhstan, shouting “don’t film.” And another News from Kosovo where Competitors plunged 22 meters from the historical Fshajt Bridge at an annual high-diving contest near the village of Xerxe
The blockage began yesterday, hours before Prime Minister Imran Khan arrived in Washington, D.C., for an official visit, according to Abbas, who told CPJ that the channel was blocked without any notice or explanation from the country’s media regulator, government, or military
Georgian journalists staged a live on-air protest, after a European Court decision paved the way for the Rustavi-2 TV station, seen as an opposition channel, to pass into the ownership of a businessman they see as close to the government
Now a days journalism increasingly a risky business.journalists around the world under direct attack.Apart from physical violence,cyber trolling also effect a journalist’s mental health specially women journalists often bullying for their opinions in social media
Journalists across Pakistan demonstrated to protest censorship, mass layoffs, and delayed wages on July 16. They say Pakistan’s military is pressuring media outlets to quash critical media coverage, while the government has scrapped lucrative advertising with private TV stations and newspapers
Politicians should remember that journalists have the right to act as eyes and ears of the public.In Indian democracy, to win an election by hook or crook is more important than good governance. Hostile attitudes towards media is a dangerous and alarming trend. Polarization even in media, saddens us the most.
Family members hailed the anticipated release in August of jailed Vietnamese photojournalist Nguyen Dang Minh Man during a visit this week to her prison in northern Vietnam’s Than Hoa province, praising her courage behind bars during the last eight years