Today is World Press Freedom Day with the
theme “Information as a Public Good”
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Stifling the peaceful expression of legitimate dissent today can only result, inexorably, in the catastrophic explosion of violence some other day
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Supreme Court of Sri Lanka, SC 468/92
On April 30, when the Indian Supreme Court was hearing a case which it had initiated by itself (Suo Motto) to examine issues relating to the management of COVID-19, one of the judges is reported to have stated that, “We want to make it very clear that if citizens communicate their grievance on social media and internet then it cannot be said its wrong information. We don’t want any clampdown of information. We will treat it as a contempt of court if such grievances is considered for action”.
Women journalists demand 33 percent representation in PFUJ and other bodies
Court orders government to ban social media app TikTok
Women quitting journalism in Afghanistan due to security fears
Criminal accusation notice published against union leader Rana Azeem
Three female media workers slain in separate attacks in Afghanistan
PFUJ demands Shehbaz Gill s removal for trolling women journalists
RISJA elects Ayaz Akbar as president, honors a trio of veterans
Information minister tells Matiullah Jan to quit journalism
Bangladeshi writer Mushtaq Ahmed dies in jail
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JournalismPakistan.com February 08, 2018 ISLAMABAD – The Pakistan Broadcasters Association (PBA) on Thursday welcomed the suo moto action taken by the Supreme Court in the Axact ‘fake degree and extortion scam.’