Rights chief urges Russia to end crackdown as journalist detentions reach all-time high

PNP DeskMay 7, 2024September 20, 202404 mins

Volker Türk said he was concerned by the increasing number of journalists charged, convicted and jailed for their independent reporting, in what appears to be an intensification of a crackdown on dissenting voices. He described the continuous attacks on free speech and the criminalization of independent journalism in Russia as “very troubling”. “The intensification of the crackdown on journalists’ independent…

Detained Iranian journalist referred to Iranian embassy in Kabul

PNP DeskAugust 26, 2023September 15, 202402 mins

Iran’s embassy in Kabul, file photo The Iranian journalist detained in Afghanistan was handed over to the Iranian embassy in Kabul. According to Iran’s news agency Tasnim News, the journalist was detained while leaving Afghanistan last week. According to the report, Muhammad Hussain Velayati was legally staying in Afghanistan for two weeks. It is not…

Russia: UN rights experts call for release of journalist Evan Gershkovich

PNP DeskJuly 17, 2023September 14, 202405 mins

Mariana Katzarova, Special Rapporteur on human rights in Russia and Irene Khan, Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of opinion and expression, were responding to the 31-year-old United States citizen’s arrest and detention while on a reporting trip in the city of Yekaterinburg. “The arrest and indictment of Mr Gershkovich on serious criminal charges which…

France gives highest award to journalist killed in Ukraine

PNP DeskJuly 14, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

File photo France has awarded the country’s highest award to journalist Arman Soldan, who was killed in Ukraine. According to foreign media, journalist Arman Soldan was killed in a rocket attack in Ukraine on May 9, one year after the start of the Russia-Ukraine war. According to reports, 32-year-old Arman Soldan was working as a…

Saima Mohsin, a British journalist of Pakistani origin, has filed a claim against CNN for her dismissal

PNP DeskJuly 10, 2023September 14, 202402 mins

Photo courtesy of Arab News Saima Mohsin, a British journalist of Pakistani origin, has filed a claim against CNN over her dismissal. Saima Mohsin has also accused CNN of racial discrimination in a case filed in the Employment Tribunal. In a statement regarding this, Saima Mohsin says that she was injured while reporting in Israel…

UN rights experts ‘appalled’ by attack on Russian journalist and lawyer in Chechnya

PNP DeskJuly 7, 2023September 14, 202406 mins

Yelena Milashina, who works for the independent investigative news service Novaya Gazeta, was travelling with Alexander Nemov when they were attacked on Monday morning on their way to covering the trial of Zarema Musaeva, the mother of exiled opposition activists who challenged the leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. The experts urged Russia to…

Torture of Russian female journalist in Chechnya; Caulking was found and the hair was cut

PNP DeskJuly 5, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

The female journalist was a vocal critic of extrajudicial killings and executions in Chechnya; Photo: File Moscow: A Russian female journalist who spoke out against extrajudicial killings in Chechnya was tortured, breaking her fingers and being hospitalized. According to the World News Agency, Elenia Malashina, a Russian journalist and human rights activist working for the…

An Egyptian journalist and his family ate donkey meat for 20 years

PNP DeskJuly 2, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

Photo courtesy of Arab Media A famous Egyptian journalist has revealed that he and his family ate donkey meat for 20 years due to a butcher’s deception. Egyptian journalist Mahmoud Saad has said in a video on social media that he and his family have been eating donkey meat for 20 years due to the…

Meghan Markle will soon separate from Prince Harry, claims a British journalist

PNP DeskJuly 1, 2023September 14, 202403 mins

File photo Royal biographer, expert and author Angela Lyons has claimed that the marriage of Duke of Sussex Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle is almost over. While giving an interview to foreign media, award-winning journalist Angela Levin says that I think the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is almost over. Talking…

A Muslim woman journalist who asked Modi a question about democracy was harassed

PNP DeskJune 27, 2023September 14, 202404 mins

File photo A Muslim female journalist who asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi a question about democracy during his visit to America was harassed. While holding a joint press conference with President Joe Biden in America, Sabrina Siddiqui asked Narendra Modi a question about democracy in India. According to foreign media, the American newspaper says…