Geneva: Three ethnic Shan journalists along with a civilian were imprisoned for three years recently by a military court in Myanmar for spreading misinformation about the regime in Naypyidaw. Press EmblemCampaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, deplores the sentences and urges the military junta to respect the freedom of press. Editor Nann ...
New Delhi: The mutations of the Omicron variant might make it better at escaping antibodies, giving it an edge in viral replication. Scientists have yet to determine if this mutation affects the virus’s deadliness or how it spreads. The mutations may also give the new virus a longer list of symptoms than previous COVID-19 variants. ...
Mobile phones provide a convenient way to communicate, but their overuse is detrimental to our health. The radio waves transmitted by a mobile phone come from the base station, and they are harmful. The frequency of these waves is called radiofrequency. These waves do not break chemical bonds or ionize the human body. When a ...
Geneva/Guwahati : Afghanistan and Mexico are the most dangerous countries for media work this year, the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said in its annual report in Geneva on Thursday in view of Human Rights Day. Since 1 January, 76 media workers have been killed in 28 countries around the world. Afghanistan leads with 12 assassinations, ...
Guwahati: Jailed for 11 years in Myanmar, the American journalist was released on Monday and was deported out of the south-east Asian country. Danny Fenster is on a flight out of Myanmar, said the authority of a digital media outlet named Frontier Myanmar, where he is working as an editor. There is no available information ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, condoles the sad demise of two young journalists in India and Afghanistan within 24 hours and urges the concerned authorities to probe the developments that led to their untimely deaths, and subsequently to book the perpetrators to justice.It may be mentioned that a ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign, the global safety and media rights body, endorses the statement of Cambodian civil society organizations (CSO) on the occasion of ‘International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists’ (2 November 2021) for ensuring safety and security to all working journalists in the south-east Asian country and urged the Cambodian government ...
Geneva: On the impending occasion of United Nation’s impunity day on crimes against journalists, the Geneva-based media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) raises demands for justice to all victim scribes around the world. The PEC (https://pressemblem.ch/pec-news.shtml) opines that the observation on the particular day will be fruitful only if the culprits-who killed, ...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva based Global Media rights body, laments over missing of newspapers from the stands across Afghanistan as most of the media managements shifted toon line space after the arrival of Taliban forces in the capital city of Kabul. Expressing serious concern on the growing security threats for professional journalists ...
Guwahati: As Durga Puja (also known as Durgotsav or Sharodotsav) is set to begin next month (11-15 October 2021), a northeast India-based forum of nationalist citizens reiterates its demand to revitalize the Hinglaj Mata Mandir, a Shakti Peeth located in Baluchistan, which has mythological connections with Kamrup Kamakhya legends. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) in a ...
Geneva: Expressing concern over the recent arrest of three more journalists by the military rulers of Myanmar, the Switzerland based global media rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) calls upon the UN Human Rights Council meeting now in progress at Geneva to condemn the military junta and initiate for release of over 50 scribes along ...
Geneva/Guwahati: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Switzerland-based global media safety body, expressed condolences over the death of prominent Afghan journalist Fahim Dashty, who fell prey to clashes erupted between the Taliban fighters and the national resistance force in Panshir valley on 5 September 2021. Associated with Kabul Weekly newspaper, Fahim was lately working as a ...
Guwahati: The list of journalists dying from Covid-19 is still growing, where more than 1,754 media workers have succumbed to the novel corona virus in 80 countries during the last 18 months, said the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) on Thursday in the picturesque Swiss city.Given the new variants, PEC ...
Russia wants to protect itself against cyber attacks with a controversial Internet law that came into force today. Critics believe this law is an extension of state control. But implementation is still lagging behind. Russia wants sovereignty on internet. In other words, Russia wants to be independent on the World Wide Web and set up ...
London: Around ten billion cigarette filters are thrown away worldwide every day. The filters in particular are growing plastic garbage problem. Experts demand that they should be banned as a measure in the fight against plastic waste. Researchers say filters have no health benefits anyway. They can be found on sidewalks, on beaches, in track ...
