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...
Ukhrul: The Manipuri diaspora from across the United Kingdom and Europe gathered in a spirited celebration of Ningol Chakouba, an age-old tradition honouring the bond between brothers and sisters, known as Ningols. The event was held in Flaunden Village, Hertfordshire. The European Manipuri Association (EMA) said event saw Manipuris...
Ukhrul: Shirley Roy, originally from Manipur, has been reappointed as a Representative of the Indian Embassy in Thailand for Northeast India. Her reappointment reflects her ongoing commitment to assisting visitors and expats from Northeast India living in Thailand and strengthening ties between the two regions, a press release said....
Ukhrul: His Holiness Pope Francis on September 21 received newly appointed archbishops from around the world at the Vatican City in Rome.
Among them was His Excellency Linus Neli, Archbishop of Imphal, Manipur, who presented Pope Francis with a heartfelt token inscribed with "Pray For Manipur, India," along with...
Geneva: After putting numerous troubles for professional media persons in Bangladesh with brutal laws at the background of relentless socio-political turmoil in the last few decades, the current interim government in Dhaka, headed by Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, starts actively considering setting up a media commission to ensure...
Ukhrul: A video file released by Tamu Indepth News has reported of a fierce battle that took place on Wednesday night. The footage, reportedly from sources linked to the Naga armed group, shows the involvement of the Naga, Meitei People’s Liberation Army (PLA), and the Shanni Nationalities Army (an...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, strongly condemns the killing of two reporters during a military raid in Mon State of Myanmar and demands a fair probe to the incident that led to the death of Htet Myat Thu and Win Htut Oo...
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, called the interim government of Bangladesh to initiate a fast probe into the murder of five journalists in the last few weeks and punish the culprits under the law. The south Asian nation witnessed a month-long unrest...