Tag: Journalists

China, US to ease restrictions on each other’s journalists

BEIJING — China and the U.S. have agreed to ease restrictions on each other’s journalists amid a slight relaxation of tensions between the two sides. The official China Daily newspaper on Wednesday said the agreement was reached ahead of Tuesday’s virtual summit between Chinese leader Xi Jinping and […]

Police arrest newspaper publisher in midnight raid in Kashmir

SRINAGAR – Police arrested the publisher of one of the most widely read newspapers in Indian-controlled Kashmir in a midnight raid over a decades-old case, the police and his brother said on Tuesday, highlighting the difficulties facing media in the region. Tension has run high in the Himalayan […]

Journalists become increasing ‘targets’ for killings: watchdog

Journalists faced growing dangers of being targeted for killing for their work in 2018 even as the risks from war and conflict declined, a media watchdog said Wednesday. The Committee to Protect Journalists said 34 of the 53 journalists killed on duty this year around the world were […]

4 journalists and a newspaper are Time’s Person of the Year

Time magazine named four journalists and a newspaper on Tuesday as its 2018 Person of the Year for what it said was standing up for the truth in the face of persecution and violence. The group, which Time called “the guardians,” consists of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi; […]

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