Reporter Arrested for Posting on Social Media About Two Kurdish Journalists Killed in Turkish Drone Attack #ÖznurDeğer #Journalist

This is the thumbnail of a news item from Zee News, a major news channel of India. Zee News has set yet another record in stupidity. This trend of decline in Indian media has been continuing for the past many years. #thumbnail #ZeeNews #media

Belarus: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Andrey Kuznechyk was released Wednesday after more than three years in prison and reunited with his family. "This is a happy day for Andrey, his wife and their two young children. The family is together again after more than three years of separation," RFE/RL President Stephen Capas said. #AndreyKuznechyk #journalist

Belarus on Wednesday released Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist for the US government-funded broadcaster Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, after more than three years in prison. Kuznechyk was detained near his home in Minsk on November 25, 2021. Andrey was accused of “creating or participating in an extremist organization.” On June 8, 2022, Andriy was sentenced to six years in prison. #AndreyKuznechyk #journalist

2024 was The Deadliest Year for Media Workers, Record Number of Journalists Killed #journalists #media #reporter

Odisha: Bhubaneswar-based veterinarian and writer Antaryami Mishra has filed a petition in the Odisha High Court claiming that he was selected for the PadmaShri award in 2023, but the honor was later fraudulently taken by a journalist with the same name. Whereas he is the real deserving of the honor. The petitioner has written 29 books in Odia and other Indian languages. The High Court has directed both Antaryami Mishra to appear in person by February 24. #padmashri #Odisha #AntaryamiMishra #journalist #writer

Russia’s Prosecutor General’s Office requested the extradition of former Russian state television anchor Farida Kurbangaleeva from the Czech Republic, the journalist wrote on social media. Farida, a former presenter of the Vesti news program on the state-run channel Rossiya 1, left the network in 2014 after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.The extradition request, a photo of which Kurbangaleeva posted on Facebook, does not specify the charges against her, but the journalist said she believes it is linked to criminal charges pressed against her last summer — one for “justifying terrorism” and another for spreading “false information” about the Russian military. Kurbangaleeva dismissed the charges as fabricated. She now works with the exiled news outlet Govorit NeMoskva and runs her own YouTube channel.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has pardoned the journalist Niloufar Hamedi, who reported the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody in 2022, and Elaheh Mohammadi, who wrote about Amini's funeral. The two female journalists were sentenced to 12 and 13 years in prison respectively by the Iranian Revolutionary Court in 2023 for their coverage of Mahsa Amini's death. Kurdish-Iranian woman Amini died in 2022 in the custody of Iran's morality police for allegedly violating the country's strict dress code for women. #NiloufarHamedi #ElahehMohammadi #MahsaAmini #journalist

Assam: Senior journalist Pallav Kumar Bora, 48, died of cardiac arrest in Guwahati on Monday night. Bora, who had nearly three decades of experience in journalism, was associated with several media organisations, including Northeast Now. He began his career as a video journalist for DD News in 1996 and then went on to hold several other projects, including senior positions at Star News, ABP News as well as India Today. #Assam #journalist #PallavBora

LONDON: The BBC announced on Monday that journalist Louis Theroux is to produce a new documentary examining Israeli settlements in the West Bank. The investigative journalist is to travel to the region to meet members of the growing ultra-nationalist settler community. Theroux previously covered the topic in his 2010 documentary “Ultra Zionists,” which explored life in the contested territory. His new documentary, “Louis Theroux: The Settlers,” will revisit the issue in the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas conflict. #WestBank #Israel #Palestine #BBCNews

Bangladesh: A court has acquitted Mahmudur Rahman, editor of the daily Amar Desh, in a case related to a failed plot to kidnap and kill Sajeeb Wazed Joy, son of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The judge said the charges against the journalist were "false and fabricated". After the verdict, Rahman told journalists, "He finally got justice and his fight against fascism will continue." #Bangladesh #journalist

New Delhi : Senior journalist Kalyan Kar has passed away. He was suffering from health problems for some years. He breathed his last on February 7. Kalyan Kar was the business editor of 'Times of India' from 1998 to 2000. After this, from June 2000 to July 2001, he served as resident editor in Times of India.

The controversy over the latest episode of Samay Raina's show 'India Got Latent' is increasing. People are very angry about the lewd comments made by Ranveer Allahabadia on parents in the new episode. A complaint has been filed with the Mumbai Police against Ranveer Allahbadia, Samay Raina and Apoorva. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has also talked about taking action. The Mumbai Women's Commission has also taken cognizance of his abusive language in the show. #ranveerallahbadia #samayraina #apoorva #indiagotlatent

Turkey blocked journalist Metin Cihan’s social media account X in its country for posting about trade with Israel. Cihan had shared documents about Turkish companies continuing to do business with Israel despite an official trade ban imposed on Israel due to its ongoing genocide against Palestinians. #Turkey #MetinCihan #journalist

A Tunisian court has sentenced journalist Chadha Hadj Mbarek to five years in prison. Another journalist, freelancer Chahrazad Akacha, was sentenced to 27 years. A Tunis court convicted Akacha and Mbarek, a journalist and a social media content editor at local independent content firm Instalingo, of “conspiring against state security” and “committing a crime against the president of the republic.” “The Tunisian government is using judicial harassment to crush press freedom and independent journalism,” CPJ said, calling for the immediate release of both journalists. #Tunisia #journalist

YouTuber and journalist Meghnad S, the candidate from Malviya Nagar in the Delhi Assembly elections, got just 192 votes. Despite his viral campaign song and catchy slogans, he failed to win the trust of voters. 35-year-old Meghnad S could not even defeat NOTA, which was pressed by 532 voters. Meghnad has more than 81.7K subscribers on YouTube and nearly 2 lakh followers on X. #DelhiElections2025

#FreeOznurDeger

Iraq: Kurdish journalist Aziz Koyluoglu has been announced dead in a Turkish attack. Journalist Aziz Koyluoglu lost his life in an attack by Turkey in the Ranya district of Sulaymaniyah on January 27, 2025. He spent many years reporting on developments in the Kurdistan Region and cities in northern and eastern Syria. Koyluoglu was born in Amed in 1976 and began his career in the Ozgur Basin in the early 2000s. He worked for many years at every level of the press, from reporter-cameraman to editor, from news director to editor-in-chief. He worked as a journalist in many areas from Hevler to Sulaymaniyah, from Kirkuk to Makhmur, from the city of Derik in northern and eastern Syria to Afrin. #Azizkoyluoglu #journalist

Mumbai : Pandharinath Sawant, former executive editor of Marathi's first cartoon weekly 'Marmik', died in Mumbai at the age of 91. He worked closely with former Maharashtra Chief Minister Bal Thackeray, both of whom were influential figures in Maharashtra's socio-political landscape. He was also honoured with various awards.