Tag Archives: Press Emblem Campaign

Journalist killed in India’s Maharashtra, PEC demands fair probe

Posted on February 9, 2023 - 9:07pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva, 9 Feb: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses shock over the killing of journalist Shashikant Warishe in Maharashtra and demands a fair probe to identify the culprit for punishing under the … Continue reading →

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Bangladeshi journalist killed, PEC demands fair probe

Posted on January 16, 2023 - 5:34pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva: New year brings sad news as a young Bangladeshi journalist was killed in the first half of 2023. Ashiqul Islam (27), who worked for Dainik Paryabekhyan from  Brahmanbaria locality (which is adjacent to India’s north-eastern State of Tripura) … Continue reading →

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Ukraine and Mexico emerge as most dangerous countries for journalists in 2022

Posted on December 15, 2022 - 1:45pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva, Dec 14: Ukraine and Mexico emerge as  the most dangerous countries for media work this year, stated the Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) in its annual report published in Geneva on Wednesday.Since January, 115 media workers have been … Continue reading →

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PEC denounces Myanmar junta for continued jailing of scribes

Posted on November 28, 2022 - 8:45pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuira Geneva, November 27: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, denounces the Myanmar (Burma/Brahmadesh) junta for continue jailing scribes as Yangon-based freelance journalist Ah Hla Lay Thuzar was recently sentenced to two years in prison … Continue reading →

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PEC relieved with release of Japanese journalist Toru Kubota; Maintains demand to grant amnesty for thousands of other prisoners

Posted on November 18, 2022 - 9:30am by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva, 17 November 2022: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, expresses happiness over the release of Japanese journalist-filmmaker Toru Kubota along with 6,000 political prisoners in a mass amnesty. However, it maintains the demand to … Continue reading →

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PEC award 2022 goes to Russian scribe Ekaterina Glikman

Posted on November 14, 2022 - 8:10pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva, 14 November 2022: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) rewards Russian journalist in exile Ekaterina Glikman for her ongoing and exemplary commitment to press freedom in Russia. The brave journalist, who is currently working from Switzerland as deputy editor … Continue reading →

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PEC demands probe into murder of Pak journalist in Nairobi

Posted on October 27, 2022 - 4:32pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva, Switzerland, 27 October 2022: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif (50) in Nairobi, who becomes the 102nd media victims so far in 2022 and … Continue reading →

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PEC condemns continued harassment to scribes in Myanmar

Posted on October 12, 2022 - 8:22pm by UT News Service
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Nava Thakuria Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) condemns the continued arrest and imprisonment of journalists in Myanmar, and urges the military authority to release all media persons detained, arrested or imprisoned in fake cases across the southeast Asian nation. The … Continue reading →

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Journalist found dead in Bangladesh, PEC demands authentic probe

Posted on July 11, 2022 - 2:45pm by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Geneva: Journalists continue to be the victim of violence in Bangladesh as the police recovered a partially decomposed body of Hashibur Rahaman Rubel on 7 July 2022. The young scribe went missing five days back and his … Continue reading →

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PEC demands action against Bangladesh scribe killers

Posted on June 18, 2022 - 11:04am by UT News Service
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Nava J Thakuria Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the globalmedia safety and rights body, expresses concern over the police inaction to nab the killers of Dhaka-based television journalist Abdul Bari, who was found dead on the bank of Hatirjheel lake in … Continue reading →

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