US Press Freedoms on Slippery Slope
For the second consecutive year, freedom of the press slides according to Reporters Without Border 2019 report.
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Request QuoteA versatile multi-skilled journalist, Aman Azhar has more than 10 years of international broadcast journalism experience. Previously, he worked as a broadcast journalist and multimedia producer for the BBC World Service, VOA News and other international news organizations, reporting from London, Islamabad, the United Arab Emirates and New York. He holds a graduate degree in Anthropology of Media from University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) and an MA in Political Science from the University of the Punjab, and is the recipient of the Chevening scholarship from the UK government and an academic scholarship for graduate studies from the Australian government. In 2005, he won a grant to attend a doctoral research seminar on global media policy research jointly organized by the University of Oxford’s St. Catherine’s College and University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication. He also received the Franklin Award and a citation from the U.S. State Department for outstanding reporting on Pakistan. His reporting for Inside Climate News is focused on environmental justice issues faced by politically disenfranchised communities of color and low income communities across the United States.
For the second consecutive year, freedom of the press slides according to Reporters Without Border 2019 report.
Richard Olson steered US policy on Pakistan and Afghanistan as senior US diplomat. In this wide-ranging interview, senior VOA journalist Aman Azhar quizzes Ambassador Olson on a host of subjects including US draw down from Afghanistan, agreement with Taliban and sensitivities of countries like Pakistan.
New Zealand massacre has added pressure on social media companies to put curbs on hateful and violent online content amidst calls from the minority groups that lack of diversity in big tech companies makes the problem worse.
Two-way with former #US Deputy Ambassador to Afghanistan Anthony Wayne who joined other eight senior American diplomats recently voicing concerns about hasty drawdown from #Afghanistan and potentially loosing out on the socio-economic gains of last many years. I asked him the obvious and less obvious questions in this crosstalk. Soon afterwards Trump pulled the plug on the peace talks.
Interview with the former US Ambassador to Pakistan Cameron Munter, who was the top US diplomat in Islamabad when the American special forces captured and took out Osama bin Laden from garrison town not far from Islamabad. In this wide-ranging interview, I ask Ambassador Munter about how India's decision to end Kashmir's relative autonomy impacted diplomacy and geo-strategic alliances across South
Former US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher is no stranger to global politics and diplomacy. He was instrumental in patching differences between Pakistan's former military dictator Gen. Musharraf and his political rivals. Senior journalist Aman Azhar interviews Ambassador Boucher and asks him about emerging power play in South Asia, US approach towards Pakistan, peace building efforts
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