Streets ahead: a landmark for the Delhi newspaper run by homeless children

Balaknama’s reports on sexual abuse, police brutality and child labour, written by teenagers, have transformed lives in IndiaIn a dingy basement office in Delhi, a semi-circle of young teenagers sit on woven mats discussing the news. It is the monthly …

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‘We can’t remain silent’: journalists refuse to give up despite Taliban terror

Since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, one-third of journalists have left, while those who remain live with threats, attacks, unlawful detention and extortionMortaza Behboudi, an Afghan-French journalist, had been drawn back to Afghanistan, which he …

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Bangladesh media in fear after PM’s ‘people’s enemy’ attack

Even stories on cost of living leave journalists facing assault, threats and arrest under Digital Security ActFour weeks ago, a reporter in Bangladesh was hauled from his office, badly beaten – and then thrown from the roof of his building, leaving him…

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Indian ministers rebuke Der Spiegel for ‘racist’ cartoon mocking population size

German magazine accused of putting down India with caricature depicting population overtaking ChinaA cartoon in the German magazine Der Spiegel poking fun at India as it becomes more populous than China has been castigated as “racist” by Indian ministe…

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Anger grows over Afghan journalists still stranded by Home Office inaction

Press members living under the Taliban, and living uncertain lives in Pakistan, must be given clarity say campaign groupsHundreds of Afghan journalists remain stranded in increasingly “dire” circumstances as frustration mounts over the UK government’s …

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India accuses BBC of tax evasion amid Modi documentary row

Country’s finance ministry claims broadcaster has not fully declared its income and profitsIndia’s finance ministry has accused the BBC of tax evasion, saying that it had not fully declared its income and profits from its operations in the country.Indi…

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CNN ‘deeply regrets’ distress caused by report on Thailand nursery killings

News broadcaster’s footage of building’s blood-stained floor sparked police investigationCNN has said it deeply regrets any distress caused by its report on the nursery killings in north-east Thailand, after its footage of the building’s blood-stained …

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Four media outlets facing libel claims over Nursultan Nazarbayev reports

Complaints filed by charity named after ex-president reopen the debate over legal action against public interest journalismFour media outlets in the UK and the US are facing libel claims after publishing investigative reports into allegations about the…

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Revealed: Afghan journalists facing death threats and beatings, despite UK pledge to save them

Group who worked with UK media to sue government over failure to relocate them to BritainA group of Afghan journalists who worked closely with the UK media for years have revealed how they face beatings, death threats and months in hiding, and accuse t…

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Prominent Hong Kong journalist Allan Au reportedly held on sedition charge

Reporter and lecturer’s arrest in dawn raid another blow to city’s press amid Beijing crackdownA veteran Hong Kong journalist has been arrested by national security police for allegedly conspiring to publish “seditious materials”, a police source and l…

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The media spotlight on Afghanistan is fading fast – but the agony of its people is far from over | Ayesha Jehangir

Afghans have been fighting since the 70s for the same reason Ukrainians are fighting but they have been neglected and betrayedGet our free news app; get our morning email briefingIt took the international community two long decades of sacrifices with b…

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Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year

Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the TalibanThe Afghan journalist Zahra Joya has been named as one of Time’s women of the year 2022 for her reporting of women’s lives in Afgha…

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