Geneva: Expressing annoyance over the continued detention of over 40 journalists in Myanmar, the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) urges the military regime in Naypietaw to release all media persons with no condition and delay. The PEC appreciated the Independent Press Council Myanmar (IPCM)...
Guwahati: The ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) opposes the military junta’s recently revived cyber-security law with a warning that it would pose a serious threat to fundamental rights and contradicts the principles enlisted in the Constitution of Myanmar. The draconian legislation is a calculated attempt by the junta...
Guwahati: Expressing anxiety over the recent earthquake that hit the Tibetan plateau killing over 125 residents and injuring several others, a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India apprehended probable damages in the Brahmaputra valley if the China-made massive hydropower project on Yarlung Zangbo collapses someday because of a...
Ukhrul, January 5: The first Tangkhul Long USA Kazip was held in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, from December 30, 2024 to January 2, 2025 and elected its new executive leaders for the new tenure.
Purpose of the GatheringThis event was organized to cultivate a vibrant and united Tangkhul community in America...
Geneva: New Year has brought sad news for the Indian media fraternity as a young scribe was found murdered in the Bijapur locality of Chhattisgarh State on Friday. Local media persons informed that the body of journalist Mukesh Chandrakar was recovered from a newly constructed septic tank belonging to...
Geneva, January 3: A record number of media workers were killed last year, deplored the global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), citing that at least 179 of them lost their lives in 25 countries around the world in 2024. Updating its annual report, the PEC...
Ukhrul: Indian weightlifter Martina Devi Maibam delivered a stellar performance at the Asian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Doha, clinching two silver medals and one bronze in the 87+kg junior category on Wednesday.
The 18-year-old from Manipur lifted a total of 225 kg, comprising 96 kg in snatch and 129 kg...
Geneva, Dec 11: Press Emblem Campaign, the global media safety and rights body, demands justice for Cambodian journalist Chhoeung Chheung, who was shot by a homemade gun inside a forest reserve in Siem Reap locality on 4 December 2024.
Chheung (63), who worked for an online media outlet named Kampuchea...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) annual prize 2024 for the protection of journalists was awarded to Palestinian journalist Iyad Alasttal on 20 November. Since 7 October last year, more than 150 Palestinian and Lebanese journalists have been killed, which is an unprecedented toll in a conflict in such a...
Ukhrul: The World Meetei Council (WMC) has sent a distress appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, highlighting the escalating violence in Manipur and urging immediate government intervention. The council condemned the killing of hostages, including three young children aged 8 years, 2.5 years, and 8 months, allegedly by Chin-Kuki...