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Three journalists injured in Bangkok clashes

Three journalists have been injured in clashes between government forces and protesters in Bangkok, Thailand. The injured journalists — Nelson Rand, a Canadian working for broadcaster France 24; a local journalist working for Thai newspaper Matichon and a cameraman working for Thai broadcaster Voice TV — were injured in separate outbreaks of violence in the […]

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Journalist assaulted for reporting on corruption in India

A journalist in Orissa, India was brutally beaten on 6 May, a day after his paper published an article he wrote alleging irregularities in a government-funded welfare scheme. Biranjan Mallick, who works for local vernacular newspaper Khabar in Suninda, a village in the Balanga district of the eastern Indian state of Orissa, was beaten after […]

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Journalist tortured, killed in Kurdistan

A journalist was kidnapped, tortured and killed in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, Iraqi security forces stated on Thursday. Zardasht Osman, who had been kidnapped two days earlier, was found on a highway. He had been shot two times in the head. The 23-year-old was a university student who freelanced for a number of online […]

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Fears persist over kidnapped journalist’s safety

Asad Qureshi, a journalist who was kidnapped along with two former Pakistani Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) operatives in the Kohat region of Pakistan last month, was today handed over to a third party negotiation team, according to Pakistani broadcaster Dawn News. Qureshi, along with Colonel Imam, one of the former ISI operatives, with close ties […]

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