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Chronicle of an arrest foretold
On March 12, Pakistan’s anti-corruption agency, the National Accountability Bureau (NAB), arrested Mir Shakil-ur-Rehman (in picture) the editor-in-chief of Jang Group, the largest media group in the country. The group owns the largest Urdu…
Everyone’s a health reporter now: Covering COVID-19 on other beats
As the COVID-19 pandemic grinds more and more countries to a halt, journalists around the world are doing just the opposite.
Political manipulations in Kashmir – Part II begins
Apni Party or Unki Party? What's in a name? But the strange christening of new Jammu and Kashmir based political formation as 'Apni Party' meaning 'Ours/ My Party' evokes curiosity. Whose party is it, anyway? What does it stand for in the…
Take tough measures against mobs, cops, identify vulnerable areas: CHRI
New Delhi, Feb 26 – Calling on both Central and Delhi governments to take all necessary measures to prevent further violence and disruption while fixing responsibility for police inaction and the failure of the civil and political…
EG, PCI and IWPC concerned over violence
The Editors Guild of India expresses serious concern over the manner in which journalists assigned to cover the violence in Delhi have been targeted for physical attack. There are reports of journalists being hospitalized after such attack.…
SAWM strongly condemns mob attacks on Media
The South Asian Women in Media (India) strongly condemns in unequivocal terms the brazen and direct attacks on media professionals in Delhi while they were performing their duty.
It is extremely disturbing that reporters / camerapersons…
Dear Melania, know the Amdavad that welcomes you!
SAWM member and senior journalist Sheela Bhatt writes about the history of the old Indian city Ahmedabad also lovingly called Amdavad in a letter to the First Lady of United States of America Melania Trump, who is all set visit the city…
People may criticise us, but environment is top priority for Bhutan, says Lotay Tshering
Bhutan Government's new decision may have an impact on the political relation with neighbouring countries like India, Bangladesh and Maldives. Prime Minister Lotay Tshering confirms that sustainable development of Thimpu and protecting the…
Davinder Singh embodies the dark, dirty underbelly of Kashmir’s security apparatus
SAWM member journalist Anuradha Bhasin writes how the arrest of Davinder Singh a deputy superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police has opened the dark side of the security apparatus in Kashmir. Beside delving deep into the layers of thus…
A beloved jurist passes on
Journalist and SAWM member Beena Sarwar writes about Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim whom the writer lovingly called Fakru Uncle. Not only an emotional tribute to the man who wore many hats in his lifetime but an in-depth discussion on why he should…