Two Reuters journalists sentenced to seven years in prison for violating Myanmar's Official Secrets Act while investigating the killing of Rohingya in the country lodged an appeal on Monday.


Reuters reporters file appeal against prison sentence in Myanmar


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The sons of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi issued an emotional appeal for the return of their father's body, in their first interview since he was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October.


Khashoggi's sons ask for his body


A US journalist, who has accused former Union Minister M.J. Akbar of raping her 23 years ago, on Saturday slammed his statement where he said that they had a "consensual relationship", saying that it wasn't.


US journalist slams Akbar's 'consensual' statement


The body of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was "dissolved" in acid after it was dismembered at the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, an adviser to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.


Khashoggi's body was dissolved in acid: Erdogan adviser


Journalist-turned-politician M.J. Akbar, who quit as Union Minister after charges of sexual harassment by many journalists, has now been accused of rape by US journalist Pallavi Gogoi. Akbar said they had a "consensual relationship" even as his wife accused Gogoi of lying.


US journalist alleges rape by Akbar, he says it was consensual (Roundup)


The Asean Parliamentarians for Human Rights (APHR) on Friday appealed to governments in Southeast Asia to check growing attacks on press freedom and punish those responsible for killing journalists.


Asean lawmakers urge governments to protect journalists


Former Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Friday termed allegations of rape by US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi a "lie" and claimed they had entered  into a "consensual relationship".


Akbar denies rape allegations, says relationship 'consensual'


After several women accused former Union Minister M.J. Akbar of sexual harassment in the wake of the #MeToo campaign, an allegation of rape has now surfaced with a US-based journalist narrating her ordeal of working under him when he was the editor of The Asian Age.


US-based journalist alleges she was raped by Akbar


Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman described murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a "dangerous Islamist" in a phone call with President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and National Security Adviser John Bolton, The Washington Post reported


Khashoggi was dangerous Islamist: Saudi Crown Prince


Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) on Wednesday expressed deep shock and outrage at the killing of Doordarshan camera-person Achyutanand Sahu in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh a day ago and demanded investigation into the matter.


IWPC expresses shock over DD cameraman's killing


Former Union Minister M.J. Akbar on Wednesday told a Delhi court that journalist Priya Ramani's allegations of sexual harassment levelled against him were defamatory in nature.


Ramani's allegations were defamatory, Akbar tells court


Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled soon after he entered the kingdom's consulate in Istanbul earlier this month and his body was dismembered, the office of the Istanbul Chief Prosecutor said on Wednesday.


Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered in Saudi consulate: Turkish prosecutor


A Chhattisgarh policeman on Wednesday succumbed to his injuries here at a hospital, taking the toll to four in a Maoist ambush in Dantewada in which a Doordarshan cameraman and two policemen were also killed, police said.


Maoist ambush toll 4 as injured policeman dies


Hours after Maoists killed two policemen and a Doordarshan cameraman, Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday said it would not allow the rebels to disrupt the coming Assembly elections.


Chhattisgarh Police 'will foil Maoist threats during polls'


Two weeks before the Maoist bastions of Chhattisgarh go to the polls in the first phase of Assembly elections, Maoists ambushed here a police party on Tuesday killing two policemen and Doordarshan cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu.


DD cameraman, two policemen killed in Maoist attack (Roundup)


Union Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has announced a compensation of Rs 15 lakh and job to the wife of the Doordarshan cameraman who was killed in the line of duty in a Maoist attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.


Government announces Rs 15 lakh for slain cameraman's family


Hours after Maoists killed two policemen and a Doordarshan cameraman, Chhattisgarh Police on Tuesday said it won't allow the rebels to disrupt the coming Assembly elections.


Chhattisgarh Police will foil Maoist threats during elections


Achyuta Nanda Sahu, the 34-year-old cameraman who died in a Maoist attack in poll-bound Chhattisgarh state on Tuesday, was always up for challenges, said his colleague at Doordarshan TV.


Slain cameraman's colleague remembers him for love of challenges


Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday condoled the deaths of Doordarshan cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu and two policemen in a Maoist ambush in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district.


Rahul condoles deaths in Chhattisgarh Maoist attack


A journalist of a Ranchi-based Hindi daily who had been facing threats was beaten to death in Jharkhand's Chatra district, authorities said on Tuesday.


Jharkhand journalist beaten to death


A Maoist ambush on Tuesday killed Doordarshan cameraman Achyuta Nanda Sahu and two policemen in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, which is set to go for polling in the first phase of Assembly elections in the state on November 12.

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