Tag Archives: Nava J Thakuria

PPFA insists on India’s diplomatic preferences in Commonwealth

Posted on January 5, 2022 - 9:31am by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Reacting to a viral social media post insisting on India’s diplomatic liberty out of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) bats for appointing ambassadors (instead of high commissioners) in most of the 53 … Continue reading →

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JFA urges media persons to abandon security cover

Posted on January 2, 2022 - 8:30pm by UT News Service
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Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while appreciating the State government’s decision to judiciously use the government sponsored security cover to individuals in utmost need, urges the concerned media persons to abandon the same cover voluntarily so that those personnel can … Continue reading →

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Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal visits Asom Granthamela

Posted on December 30, 2021 - 7:55pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited Asom Granthamela, presently going on at Assam Engineering Institute playground at Chandmari locality in the city on Thursday and took a look around various book stalls at the book-fair. Sonowal, who … Continue reading →

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Losing public goodwill: Assam media’s way

Posted on December 28, 2021 - 4:24pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Public reactions against a news item in any newspaper or news channel may be usual in India, but public outrages in digital platforms against the mainstream media outlets for not covering a particular issue is definitely an … Continue reading →

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Burmese photojournalist dies in military custody, PEC deplores

Posted on December 17, 2021 - 6:40pm by UT Correspondent
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Nava J Thakuria Geneva: Freelance photojournalist Ko Soe Naing died lately under the Myanmar military custody and thus the young scribe becomes the first media-victim in the country (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) after the 1 February 2021 military … Continue reading →

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Ethnic Shan journalists jailed in Myanmar, PEC deplores sentences

Posted on December 14, 2021 - 9:26pm by UT Correspondent
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Nava J Thakuria 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 Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan followed by Mexico, Pakistan, India emerge dangerous for journalists in 2021

Posted on December 9, 2021 - 11:24am by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria 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, … Continue reading →

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PEC demands unconditional release of all Myanmar journalists

Posted on December 7, 2021 - 6:04pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Geneva: As the year approaches its end, Myanmar continues to be an unsafe country for journalists in particular and pro-democracy activists in general. Soon after the military coup on 1 February last, the south-east Asian nation witnessed … Continue reading →

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Global award to north-eastern journalist, Nava Thakuria

Posted on November 30, 2021 - 10:48am by UT Desk
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Guwahati: The Geneva-based Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) rewards senior journalist Nava Thakuria, a resident of northeast India, for his relentless initiatives to safeguard the rights of media persons in thesouth Asian country and also defending the press freedom in the … Continue reading →

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UN resolution fails to reflect gravity of Myanmar crisis

Posted on November 27, 2021 - 10:32am by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Guwahati: Undeterred with intimidations  from the military junta, a number of Myanmar civil society organizations has come out with a strong resentment against the UN General Assembly that recently passed a resolution on the human rights of … Continue reading →

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