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Trump: Israeli Captives to Be Freed Monday in Major Prisoner Swap

Washington – United States President Donald Trump said Friday that Israeli captives held in Gaza are expected to be released on Monday as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal. The exchange involves 20 living captives and the remains of 28 others, who will be handed over for approximately 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. ...

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PEC expresses shock on another scribe’s murder in Pakistan

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock over the killing of another Pakistani journalist in Sindh province and demands justice along with adequate compensation to the bereaved family. According to local media outlets, Tufail Rind (40) was shot dead by armed assailants in Mirpur Mathelo locality on 8 ...

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PEC demands probe into Uttarakhand scribe’s mysterious death

Geneva, 30 September 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the mysterious death of an Indian scribe based in  Uttarakhand and demanded a fair probe into the circumstance that led to the untimely demise of Rajeev Pratap Singh. The body of Rajeev (36) was recovered from Joshiyara ...

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Two Journalists Found Dead in 10 Days: Global Watchdog Demands Probe into ‘Mysterious’ Deaths in Bangladesh

Geneva: A global media safety watchdog has sounded the alarm over a spate of “mysterious” deaths of journalists in Bangladesh, urging the interim government in Dhaka to launch a credible investigation after two senior scribes were found dead in just ten days. The Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) issued its statement on Monday following disturbing ...

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Baloch journalist killed in Pakistan, PEC demands authentic probe

Geneva: Expressing shock and dismay over the killing of journalist Abdul Latif Baloch in front of his wife and children, the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) demanded a thorough probe into the incident of murder and bring the culprits to justice. Abdul Latif (55), who was associated with ‘Daily Intekhab’ ...

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Parliament should debates on Balochistan issue: Indian Balochs

Guwahati: The Baloch community residing in India, while urging the Union government in New Delhi for extending support to their causes by raising the issue of Balochistan nationally and internationally, appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take initiative for a pragmatic discussion  in the Parliament and push for a formal resolution recognizing (and supporting) ...

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PEC demands action against scribe killers around the world

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, while revealing that 55 journalists have been killed since 1 January 2025 around the world, demanded due action against the perpetrators. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, the PEC stated that the auspicious day reminds everyone to uphold press freedom and ...

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Dhaka wants to bring back ousted Hasina for trials  

New Delhi: Bangladesh’s current interim government continues pursuing the return journey of ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to Dhaka so that she is compelled to face hundreds of legal cases, lodged in different locations of the south Asian nation, and finally delivered justice to the victims. The caretaker regime in  Dhaka has seemingly maintained also ...

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Prof Yunus visions a discrimination-free Bangladesh on New Year

Guwahati: On the eve of Bangladeshi new year, the interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus called upon the people of the south Asian nation to work together for creating a discrimination-free Bangladesh, where every citizen is happy, peaceful and progressive. The lone Nobel laureate of Bangladesh having a population of 170 million and currently functioning ...

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A kind of optimism after Modi-Yunus meeting

New Delhi: An impressive one-to-one meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus in Bangkok created some optimism among the people of  eastern Bharat. Both the south Asian leaders had a warm discussion on the sideline of the 6th BIMSTEC assembly in the Thai capital city on 4 April ...

Foreigner arrested for illicit visit to Andaman’s isolated area

Guwahati: London-based global outfit dedicated for indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights, Survival International (SI) expressed relief that a foreigner was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean to make contact with the uncontacted Sentinelese people. Terming the news as deeply disturbing, the Sl  director Caroline Pearce commented on 2 April 2025 ...

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TV Journalist killed in Nepal, PEC demands fair probe

Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body expresses shock over the killing of a Nepali journalist in Kathmandu on 28 March 2025 and demanded a fair probe into the tragic incidents which led to the demise of television journalist Suresh Rajak (photo). Local media reports reveal that Rajak was burnt ...

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Bangladesh may go for elections by 2025

New Delhi: There are indications surfacing from Bangladesh that the country may go for national elections by this year if the concerned political parties agree to accept a minimal reform in various administrative, financial and electoral agencies with assurances that the winning representatives in Jatiya Sansad  (National Assembly/Parliament) will continue pursuing the reform process in ...

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New political party coming up in Bangladesh

Guwahati:  As expected, a new political party is emerging in the trouble-torn Bangladesh under the leadership of agitating students and young people, who compelled the  sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India on 5 August 2024.  The new entity, to be named Jatiya Nagorik Party (National Citizens’ Party), will be launched ...