Geneva: The 2026 Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) Award was presented to Israeli journalist Gideon Levy, a member of the editorial board of the daily newspaper Haaretz. The Geneva-based media safety and rights body sought to recognize Gideon’s independence and critical analysis during the dramatic period Israel has been experiencing since 7 October 2023. The Prize ...
The theme “Global Action for cooler Planet 2026” is a fitting call for this year’s World Ozone Day, yet it demands firm commitments and consistent efforts from every stakeholder to yield meaningful results.Historically, the over-exploitation of natural resources by developed nations has led to an ecological debt that continues to fuel debates on ozone depletion ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the closure of another radio outlet in Afghanistan by the Taliban rulers. PEC extends its moral support to the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AJC) which strongly condemned the country’s Ministry of Justice’s order to close down Radio Seday-e-Eslah. The Kabul-based radio ...
Geneva: Expressing concern over the imposition of restriction on 97 media outlets by the military controlled government in Naypyitaw, the global media safety and rights body, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) urges the authorities to revoke all kinds of ban, restriction and de-licensing over news outlets. Reacting to recent news from the southeast Asian nation about ...
Guwahati: When Daw Aung San Suu Kyi celebrated her 81st birthday under detention somewhere in the military controlled Myanmar on 19 June 2026, various global bodies raised voices for her release along with other political prisoners, languishing in different jails across the southeast Asian nation. Amid the military vigil, anti-junta residents of Myanmar also observed ...
The theme for World Environment Day 2026, “Inspired by Nature,” highlights the urgent need to address climate change, strengthen climate action, and recognize nature’s vital role in building climate resilience. At the global level, Azerbaijan will host World Environment Day 2026. The theme is both timely and relevant. However, as the saying goes, “Actions speak ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expressed shock over the murder of Filipino radio scribe Nestor Micator and demanded justice following an authentic probe into the incident. The news anchor and commentator of D’Empire Radio in the southern Philippines was shot dead by two unknown assailants in Malidegao locality ...
Guwahati: Polling concluded in the Himalayan nation of Nepal peacefully on Thursday evening (5 March 2026) to elect a new Parliament in Kathmandu amid tight security cover where over 60 % of 19 million Nepali electors cast their votes. Nepal Election Commission established 23,112 polling centres under 10,963 polling stations across 77 districts of the ...
Guwahati: Polling begins in the Himalayan nation of Nepal to elect a new Parliament in Kathmandu amid tight security cover where nearly 19 million Nepali electorates are eligible for voting. Erected 23,112 polling centres under 10,963 polling stations in all 77 districts of the south Asian nation were ready to start the exercise at 7 ...
Heartbreaking news surfaced from Dhaka as the warm city lost one of the active residents with the demise of journalist, author and a progressive Bangladeshi national Saleem Samad. The gentleman with enough issues to talk to anyone anywhere and anytime passed away on 22 February 2026. He died undergoing cancer treatment in Dhaka Medical College ...
Amid anti-India rhetoric, Bangladesh recently witnessed a turmoil following the demise of a young radical leader Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, and now gradually returning to normalcy, the south Asian nation prepares for its next general election scheduled for 12 February 2026. The highly sought after polls, as the sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faced an ...
Geneva: The year 2025 emerged as the deadliest year for journalists since the beginning of the century, after 2024. According to the tally of the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), 161 media professionals were killed in 31 countries (179 in 2024). At least 60 journalists were killed in the Gaza Strip, almost all of them victims ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, urges the military regime of Myanmar to release all media professionals before the proposed multi-phase elections starting on 28 December. The forum also insisted on abolishing new election interference law which continues harassing scribes and social media users in the name of cracking ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, calls for new measures to combat impunity and its devastating effects on the occasion of ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’, a United Nations-recognized day annually observed on 2 November. Since the beginning of 2025, at least 153 journalists and ...
Geneva, 16 October 2025: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over the mob attack on a number of media persons, engaged on duty, in Assam of far eastern India, while they were covering a protest demonstration in Baksa locality on 15 October. A section of agitators, who ...
