Category: Asia

Fri 06 October 2023: Thailand is tightening regulations on guns and replica firearms, officials said on Thursday, in an effort to to close legal loopholes in the aftermath of a shooting at a Bangkok shopping mall that killed two people and injured five more. Thai Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said the government will implement […]

Thu 05 October 2023: Police in India have carried out raids against dozens of reporters, drawing outrage from journalists and rights groups over a growing crackdown on the media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. A planned protest in the capital, New Delhi, on Wednesday was prevented by police. Activists and rights groups have sounded the […]

Thu 05 October 2023: The journalist and fact-checker is one of three nominees, with the Index on Censorship recognising his efforts to “address flaws in the Indian media ecosystem, such as overt political pressure on media outlets and opaque methods by which government funding was awarded to media outlets”. New Delhi: Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair is […]

  Indian Media persons turned up in large number at the Press Club of India to protest against multiple raids on a number of journalists associated with Newsclick (02/10/2023) Wed 04 October 2023: Following the arrest of NewsClick founder and editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakravarty under the draconian UAPA law on […]

Wed 04 October 2023: A blow to TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, the Indonesian trade minister announced on Wednesday (Oct. 4) that the country has outlawed e-commerce transactions on social media platforms. The announcement could undermine TikTok’s strategy to develop its e-commerce company by focusing more on Southeast Asia’s largest economy. According to the government, […]

Wed 04 October 2023: Several journalists and activists in New York, USA, have extended their support to the online news outlet NewsClick after Delhi police raided its offices, residences of staff, and arrested its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and HR head under the draconian UAPA law. One such solitary protest was witnessed against the New York Times (NYT) which had published an […]

Wed 04 October 2023: Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has reportedly dropped by 85% following the return to power of the Islamic Emirate, new analysis shows. In April last year, the Taliban supreme leader issued a decree prohibiting poppy farming across the country. Almost 18 months later, the ban is being described by experts as “the […]

Tue 03 October 2023: Pakistan police have detained 800 Afghan refugees in the suburbs of Islamabad, out of which 375 face deportation due to a lack of proper documentation. “Islamabad police launched a search operation in Bara Kahu, Trinol, Mahar Abadian, Golra and Shams Colony and arrested 800 Afghan nationals,” police said. “Four hundred Afghan […]