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Articles - Pakistan

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Pakistan

Inquiry unable to find culprits of journalist's murder

An official investigation into the killing of journalist Saleem Shahzad, who reported that Islamist militants had infiltrated the military, was unable to find his murderers, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

Journalist tortured in "targeted killing"

The lifeless body of Faisal Qureshi, a Pakistani journalist who wrote for British online publication "The London Post", was found in his Lahore home on 7 October, report the International Press Institute (IPI), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

India / Pakistan / Philippines

IFEX members call for journalists' protection following deadly week for media

It was another deadly week for journalists in Asia, with at least three journalists killed in separate incidents in Pakistan, India and the Philippines. With such abysmal records bringing the murderers of slain journalists to justice - all three countries rank in the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Impunity Index - the outlook is bleak for the latest victims, say IFEX members, who are calling for new ways to address journalists' safety and to counter impunity.

Pakistan

Journalist found dead after reporting links between Pakistani officials and militants

A prominent Pakistani journalist considered to be an expert on Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants was found dead on 31 May about 150km outside the capital, Islamabad, where he had been abducted two days earlier, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Freedom House and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Tribal journalist targeted in bomb blast

An investigative journalist who often wrote about militants in Pakistan's Tribal Areas was killed last night in an apparently targeted bomb blast in Peshawar, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Another politician killed for opposing blasphemy law

Pakistan's minister responsible for protecting minority rights was gunned down last week in Islamabad, seemingly because of his support for reforms to Pakistan's blasphemy law, reports Freedom House.

Pakistan

Another journalist killed in Balochistan

Another journalist was killed in the volatile province of Balochistan, cementing Pakistan's position as one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists today, say the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

TV reporter gunned down in Karachi

A reporter for Pakistan's largest private TV news channel was gunned down last week, shortly after covering gang violence in Karachi, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Governor gunned down for opposing blasphemy law

Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, was shot dead in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on 4 January by one of his own bodyguards who opposed reform of Pakistan's blasphemy law, report Freedom House and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Pakistan

Three journalists die, two in twin suicide blasts

Two journalists who were covering an anti-terrorism strategy discussion at a council meeting in the northwest Pakistani border town Ghalanai were killed on 6 December in a double suicide bombing, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Body of journalist discovered in volatile Balochistan

The body of a journalist who disappeared last month in the volatile province of Balochistan was found last week, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Lala Hameed Baloch's bullet-ridden body was discovered on 18 November outside of Turbat with a note that read "Eid present for the Baloch people." According to PPF, eight other bodies were uncovered across the province during the three-day Eid festival.

Pakistan

Another journalist killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan border region

Another journalist was killed in mid-September in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, a northwest province of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan and is one of the world's most dangerous locales for journalists, according to the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Pakistan

Senior journalist killed in volatile town

After working as a journalist for close to 30 years, Misri Khan Orakzai was shot dead on 14 September by three men waiting for him as he entered a press club in Hangu district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province (formerly known as the North West Frontier Province), report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Pakistan

Two media workers killed in bomb attack; journalist kidnapped and tortured

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at a Shiite procession in Quetta, Pakistan on 3 September, triggering chaos, killing two media workers and injuring eight other journalists, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). At least 64 people were killed and 185 injured. In a separate episode on 4 September in Islamabad, a journalist critical of the government was abducted and tortured.

Pakistan

PPF and AMARC make appeal for community radio to help flood victims; journalist assaulted in Punjab

In a joint action, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC) and the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) have appealed to the Pakistani government to allow emergency community radio stations to be established in areas that have suffered from the current floods in Pakistan. Meanwhile, violence against journalist is ongoing, including a recent assault on a reporter after he filmed the lynching of two brothers, report PPF, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). As well, PPF's website was hacked in August.

Pakistan

Media outlets and journalists under attack

A protester hurled shoes at Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari in Birmingham, UK, on Saturday, outraged by Zardari's inadequate response to the untold suffering of flood victims in Pakistan. The President's party took matters into its own hands and shut down media outlets carrying the story in Pakistan, with armed government supporters and police violently repressing press freedom, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).

Pakistan

TV journalist killed; press club attacked

A Pakistani journalist was shot dead on 28 May as he reported details of Taliban attacks on two mosques, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Ninety-four people were killed in the simultaneous attacks by gunmen and suicide bombers. In a separate incident, journalists at a press club came under attack for their coverage of local protests.

Pakistan

Images of Mohammed provoke censorship

Caricatures of Prophet Mohammed on Facebook sparked outrage and censorship in Pakistan last week. Authorities embarked on a large-scale crackdown of the Internet, blocking up to 1,000 sites, including Facebook, YouTube and Flickr, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), ARTICLE 19 and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Pakistan

Journalists under threat from suicide bombs, abductions and censorship

Pakistani journalists continue to be pushed to the edge, by suicide attacks, kidnappings and murder, as well as government officials making direct attacks on critical journalists, reports the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). Access to information has also been undermined with state orders to halt BBC Urdu-language broadcasts.

Pakistan

Cameraman and reporter killed in bomb blasts

In a series of ferocious suicide bombings, two Pakistani journalists were killed last week in northwest Pakistan, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members. Journalists are often victims of insurgent attacks and do not receive sufficient protection from authorities.

Pakistan

Reporter killed

A Pakistani journalist who reported on feuds between local groups was gunned down in Sindh province on 17 February, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Pakistan

Journalists injured in explosions

Eight Pakistani journalists were injured in a bomb blast in Karachi on 5 February, and four other journalists were assaulted by a mob immediately after the explosion, reports the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF).

Pakistan

Press club attacked by suicide bomber

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive on the grounds of the Peshawar Press Club on 22 December, killing the bomber and at least four people, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Journalists targeted by insurgents and draconian state censorship

As the Pakistani state combats different insurgent groups, increased violence this year has led to a crackdown on media. Some radio stations have been ordered to not broadcast BBC Urdu-language programs and parliament is ratifying severe regulations to control how the conflict is covered, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members. Journalists are also caught between the military and extremists as they struggle to practice their profession.

Afghanistan / Pakistan

Authorities enforce media blackout during elections; journalist critical of Taliban killed

Security forces obstructed, assaulted and detained journalists in Afghanistan last week, enforcing an official order to avoid broadcasting any violent incidents during the presidential election, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Canadian Journalists for Free Expression (CJFE). Meanwhile, in Pakistan's tribal areas, an Afghan journalist critical of the Taliban was killed, say the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

Militants raze homes of two journalists

A Pakistani journalist's family watched helplessly as Taliban militants blew up their house in the middle of the night, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Foundation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Afghanistan / Pakistan

U.S. and Afghan journalists escape Taliban captors

IFEX members Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) expressed relief after a "New York Times" reporter and Afghan journalist escaped from their Taliban captors on 19 June, following more than seven months in captivity.

Pakistan

Journalists flee Swat Valley

Only a few journalists are left in Pakistan's restive Swat Valley to cover the government's military offensive against the Taliban, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), as well as news reports on the website of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF).

Pakistan

REPORTERO VETERANO BALEADO

Pakistan

UN REPORTER CHEVRONNÉ EST ABATTU

Pakistan

SENIOR REPORTER GUNNED DOWN

Pakistani authorities should not allow the murder last week of a veteran Pakistani reporter in Rawalpindi to go uninvestigated and unprosecuted, say the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Pakistan

DEUX CHAÎNES DE NOUVELLES TÉLÉVISÉES SONT BLOQUÉES PENDANT LES MANIFESTATIONS DE PROTESTATION

Pakistan

DOS CANALES DE NOTICIAS DE TV BLOQUEADOS DURANTE MANIFESTACIONES

Pakistan

TWO TV NEWS CHANNELS BLOCKED DURING PROTESTS

The government ordered cable operators to block transmission signals for two of Pakistan's largest independent TV news broadcasters, "Geo News" and "Aaj TV", last Friday during protests, allege the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE EST TUÉ DANS LE SWAT

Pakistan

PERIODISTA ASESINADO EN SWAT

Pakistan

JOURNALIST KILLED IN SWAT

A journalist has been murdered in Pakistan's Swat Valley, the first violation of a truce called last week between government and local militant groups, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

LES JOURNALISTES COURENT DES RISQUES DANS LES RÉGIONS FRONTALIÈRES

Pakistan

PERIODISTAS EN RIESGO EN REGIONES FRONTERIZAS

Pakistan

JOURNALISTS AT RISK IN BORDER REGIONS

Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other IFEX members have voiced great concern about the deteriorating security situation in the border area of Pakistan.

Pakistan

UN REPORTER EST ABATTU DANS UNE ZONE DE CONFLIT

Pakistan

BALEAN Y MATAN A REPORTERO EN ZONA DE CONFLICTO

Pakistan

REPORTER SHOT DEAD IN CONFLICT ZONE

Security forces shot dead a journalist in Swat Valley, northeast Pakistan, last week, making him the third journalist to be killed in Swat this year, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

LA PPF SOLLICITE DES MISES EN NOMINATION EN VUE DE L'ATTRIBUTION DE RÉCOMPENSES POUR LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE ET LE TRAITEMENT DES RAPPORTS HOMMES-FEMMES DANS LE JOURNALISME

Pakistan

PPF CONVOCA NOMINACIONES PARA PREMIOS DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA Y GÉNERO EN PERIODISMO

Pakistan

PPF CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS FOR PRESS FREEDOM AND GENDER IN JOURNALISM AWARDS

The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) invites nominations for the Aslam Ali award, which honours journalists or organisations that have made a notable contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom in Pakistan. PPF is also calling for nominations for its Gender in Journalism Awards for outstanding reporting by a female journalist and gender sensitive reporting.

Pakistan

PERIODISTA SECUESTRADO ASESINADO EN ATAQUE AÉREO

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE QUI AVAIT ÉTÉ ENLEVÉ EST TUÉ DANS UN RAID AÉRIEN

Pakistan

ABDUCTED JOURNALIST KILLED IN AIR RAID

A local journalist held captive by the Taliban was killed in an air strike on militant hideouts in the Swat valley in Pakistan last week, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

BALEAN Y MATAN A REPORTERO EN ZONA TRIBAL

Pakistan

UN REPORTER EST ABATTU DANS UNE ZONE TRIBALE

Pakistan

REPORTER SHOT DEAD IN TRIBAL AREA

A Pakistani reporter was gunned down on 22 May as he was returning from an interview with a Taliban leader on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

GOBIERNO PROPONE PROYECTO DE LEY PARA ELIMINAR RESTRICCIONES A MEDIOS

Pakistan

LE GOUVERNEMENT DÉPOSE UN PROJET DE LOI POUR LEVER LES RESTRICTIONS SUR LES MÉDIAS

Pakistan

GOVERNMENT TABLES BILL TO REMOVE MEDIA RESTRICTIONS

Pakistan's coalition government has moved to repeal some of the draconian media restrictions imposed by President Pervez Musharraf last year, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), its local affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

PERIODISTA VETERANO ASESINADO POR GRUPO SEPARATISTA

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE D'EXPÉRIENCE EST ASSASSINÉ PAR UN GROUPE SÉPARATISTE

Pakistan

SENIOR JOURNALIST KILLED BY SEPARATIST GROUP

A journalist was killed in a Pakistan border town, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Pakistan

GEO TV VUELVE AL AIRE

Pakistan

« GEO TV » DE RETOUR EN ONDES

Pakistan

GEO TV BACK ON AIR

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf has ordered popular TV channel Geo News and its sports channel back on the air, but only after some programmes were removed, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and local news reports.

Pakistan

UNAS ELECCIONES JUSTAS SON IMPOSIBLES SIN MEDIOS LIBRES, DICEN MIEMBROS DE IFEX

Pakistan

IMPOSSIBLE D'AVOIR DES ÉLECTIONS ÉQUITABLES SANS MÉDIAS LIBRES, DISENT LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX

Pakistan

FAIR ELECTIONS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT FREE MEDIA, SAY IFEX MEMBERS

Fair and free elections will not be possible in Pakistan next month without a free media, which does not exist because of continuing media restrictions imposed by President Pervez Musharraf, say Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and other IFEX members.

Pakistan

GEO NEWS OTRA VEZ AL AIRE

Pakistan

« GEO NEWS » DE RETOUR EN ONDES

Pakistan

GEO NEWS ON AIR AGAIN

Pakistani channel Geo News resumed satellite broadcasting from Dubai on 29 November, following "fruitful discussions" between the channel and U.A.E. authorities.

Pakistan

PERIODISTA ASESINADO; CONTINÚAN MANIFESTACIONES CONTRA RESTRICCIONES A MEDIOS

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ; LES PROTESTATIONS CONTINUENT CONTRE LES LIMITES IMPOSÉES AUX MÉDIAS

Pakistan

JOURNALIST SLAIN; PROTESTS AGAINST MEDIA CURBS CONTINUE

A reporter for a leading paper was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the southern province of Sindh last week, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Press Institute (IPI) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Pakistan

LA VEUVE D'UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉE; MOUCHARRAF POURSUIT SA RÉPRESSION CONTRE LES MÉDIAS

Pakistan

VIUDA DE PERIODISTA ASESINADA; CONTINÚA OFENSIVA DE MUSHARRAF CONTRA MEDIOS

Pakistan

JOURNALIST'S WIDOW SLAIN; MUSHARRAF'S CRACKDOWN ON MEDIA CONTINUES

The wife of a journalist killed last year who had herself become an advocate for journalists' safety was murdered in a targeted bomb attack last week in Pakistan, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Pakistan

REPORTEROS EXTRANJEROS EXPULSADOS MIENTRAS SE ESTRECHA CONTROL SOBRE PRENSA

Pakistan

LES REPORTERS ÉTRANGERS SONT EXPULSÉS TANDIS QUE LA MAINMISE SUR LA PRESSE SE RENFORCE

Pakistan

FOREIGN REPORTERS EXPELLED AS LEASH ON PRESS TIGHTENS

Three U.K. reporters from "The Daily Telegraph" have been expelled from Pakistan after an "offensive" editorial was published last week, adding to the political crisis in the country. Twenty-seven IFEX members, in a joint action led by Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), are calling for an end to the state of emergency and the resulting restrictions on and harassment of journalists.

Pakistan

MUSHARRAF AMORDAZA MEDIOS DURANTE ESTADO DE EMERGENCIA

Pakistan

MOUCHARRAF MUSÈLE LES MÉDIAS PENDANT LA DURÉE DE L'ÉTAT D'URGENCE

Pakistan

MUSHARRAF MUZZLES MEDIA DURING STATE OF EMERGENCY

President Pervez Musharraf has declared emergency rule and slammed down severe restrictions on Pakistan's news media as they try to cover the country's political crisis, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), ARTICLE 19, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Human Rights Watch, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Pakistan

UN PERIODISTA MUERTO Y VARIOS LESIONADOS EN LOS ATAQUES CON BOMBAS EN KARACHI

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE PERD LA VIE ET PLUSIEURS AUTRES SONT BLESSÉS DANS LES ATTENTATS À LA BOMBE DE KARACHI

Pakistan

ONE JOURNALIST DEAD, SEVERAL INJURED IN KARACHI BOMBINGS

Among the 138 people killed by bombings in Karachi on 18 October 2007 was Muhammad Arif, a cameraman for ARY One World TV, according to the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP). Arif, who leaves behind a young wife and six children, had delayed his transfer to ARY's London office to cover former prime minister Benazir Bhutto's return from eight years of exile.

Pakistan

DIEZ MIEMBROS DE IFEX CONDENAN INTENTOS GUBERNAMENTALES DE AMORDAZAR A LOS MEDIOS

Pakistan

DIX MEMBRES DE L'IFEX CONDAMNENT LES TENTATIVES DU GOUVERNEMENT POUR MUSELER LES MÉDIAS

Pakistan

TEN IFEX MEMBERS CONDEMN GOVERNMENT'S ATTEMPTS TO MUZZLE MEDIA

Ten International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) members led by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) are urging President Pervez Musharraf to revoke all orders that have curbed media freedom in Pakistan since he suspended a Supreme Court chief justice in March.

Pakistan

DES MILITANTS ASSASSINENT LA FAMILLE D'UN REPORTER

Pakistan

MILITANTES ASESINAN A FAMILIA DE REPORTERO

Pakistan

MILITANTS KILL REPORTER'S FAMILY

The family of a reporter who helped fellow journalists visit the site of a fresh conflict between local tribesmen and foreign militants was massacred in their home, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Pakistan

MISIÓN PIDE ACCIONES GUBERNAMENTALES EN "CRISIS DE SEGURIDAD"

Pakistan

UNE MISSION D'EXPLORATION DEMANDE L'INTERVENTION DU GOUVERNEMENT POUR RÉGLER LA « CRISE DE SÉCURITÉ »

Pakistan

MISSION CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION ON "CRISIS OF SAFETY"

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), supported by a coalition of press freedom and journalists' organisations, has demanded that Pakistan's government respond to growing incidents of violence against journalists and deteriorating press freedom.

Pakistan

FIP, FMM Y RSF SE UNIRÁN A MISIÓN A PAKISTÁN

Pakistan

LA FIJ, LE FMM ET RSF VONT PARTICIPER À UNE MISSION AU PAKISTAN

Pakistan

IFJ, FMM, RSF TO JOIN MISSION TO PAKISTAN

A delegation of media advocacy groups, including the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Free Media Movement (FMM) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), is planning to visit Pakistan from 21 to 25 February 2007 to discuss press freedom concerns with government officials.

Pakistan

LIBERTAD DE PRENSA EN DECADENCIA; PERIODISTA ASESINADO

Pakistan

LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE SE DÉTÉRIORE, UN JOURNALISTE EST TUÉ

Pakistan

PRESS FREEDOM DETERIORATING, JOURNALIST KILLED

The brutal murder of a journalist in Islamabad, Pakistan, and a spate of attacks on other journalists in recent months have prompted calls of concern from the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

ÁREA DE TERREMOTO SUFRE REPRESIÓN INFORMATIVA

Pakistan

LA ZONE FRAPPÉE PAR LE TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE SUBIT DES RESTRICTIONS AU CHAPITRE DE L'INFORMATION

Pakistan

AGRESIONES CONTRA PERIODISTAS SUSCITAN ALARMA

Pakistan

LES ATTAQUES CONTRE LES JOURNALISTES SOULÈVENT L'INQUIÉTUDE

Pakistan

EARTHQUAKE-HIT AREA SUFFERS INFORMATION CLAMPDOWN

In the Pakistani-controlled territory of Azad Kashmir, one of the most closed in the world until a massive earthquake in October 2005 attracted international media attention, authorities keep tight controls on freedom of expression, says Human Rights Watch.

Pakistan

ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS RAISE ALARM

A series of attacks on journalists in Pakistan in the past week, including a murder, have prompted the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to express serious concerns over press freedom in the country.

Pakistan

FUNCIONARIOS PROMETEN INVESTIGAR ASESINATOS DE PERIODISTAS

Pakistan

DES OFFICIELS PROMETTENT DE REVOIR LES MEURTRES DE JOURNALISTES

Pakistan

OFFICIALS PROMISE TO REVIEW JOURNALIST MURDERS

A Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) delegation has won pledges from Pakistani officials to review government investigations into the deaths of seven journalists who have been killed for their work in the past four years, and to examine official records of 20 other cases of attacks on journalists.

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE PAKISTANAIS PORTÉ DISPARU EST TROUVÉ MORT; UN REPORTER INDIEN EST TUÉ

Pakistan

ENCUENTRAN MUERTO A PERIODISTA PAKISTANÍ DESAPARECIDO; REPORTERO INDIO ASESINADO

Pakistan

UN OPÉRATEUR DE CAMÉRA PERD LA VIE

Pakistan

CAMARÓGRAFO MUERTO

Pakistan

CAMERA OPERATOR KILLED

A camera operator in southeast Pakistan's Sindh district has been killed while covering a gunfight between tribesmen near the town of Larkana, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

ASLAM ALI PRESS FREEDOM AWARD

The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is seeking nominations for a new award that honours journalists or organisations that have made a notable contribution to the defence and promotion of press freedom in Pakistan.

Pakistan

Boletín cubre problemas de la Libertad de Expresión en Pakistán rural

Pakistan

Un bulletin de liaison couvre les questions liées à la libre expression dans le Pakistan rural

Pakistan

Newsletter Covers Free Expression Issues in Rural Pakistan

7 February 2006

Pakistan

PERIODISTAS AFECTADOS POR TERREMOTO NECESITAN AYUDA URGENTE: PPF

Pakistan

LES JOURNALISTES FRAPPÉS PAR LE TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE ONT UN URGENT BESOIN DE SOUTIEN, DIT LA PPF

Pakistan

EARTHQUAKE-HIT JOURNALISTS NEED URGENT SUPPORT: PPF

A Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) mission to the earthquake-devastated areas of north-west Pakistan has found that journalists suffered terrible losses and require urgent support to rebuild local media.

Pakistan

LA PPF DÉPÊCHE UNE MISSION POUR ÉVALUER LES DOMMAGES PROVOQUÉS PAR LE TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE

Pakistan

PPF SENDS MISSION TO ASSESS EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE

In the wake of the devastating earthquake in northern Pakistan on 8 October 2005 which claimed more than 40,000 lives, the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) has embarked on a three-week mission to investigate how journalists and media outlets have been affected by the disaster.

Pakistan

POLICÍA ALLANA PERIÓDICOS Y ARRESTA A PERIODISTAS Y DISTRIBUIDORES

Pakistan

LA POLICE EFFECTUE DES DESCENTES CONTRE DES JOURNAUX ET ELLE ARRÊTE DES JOURNALISTES ET DES CAMELOTS

Pakistan

POLICE RAID NEWSPAPERS ARRESTING JOURNALISTS AND VENDORS

Four journalists working for Islamist newspapers in Pakistan were arrested last week after Karachi police raided their offices as part of the country's stepped-up fight against extremism, reports Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Pakistan

LA PAKISTAN PRESS FOUNDATION (FUNDACIÓN PAQUISTANA DE PRENSA, PPF) CREA UNA RED DE MONITOREO DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA

Pakistan

LA FONDATION DE LA PRESSE DU PAKISTAN MET SUR PIED UN RÉSEAU DE SURVEILLANCE DE

Pakistan

PAKISTAN PRESS FOUNDATION BUILDS PRESS FREEDOM MONITORING NETWORK

Journalists in Pakistan have reportedly filed dozens of access to information requests in the past six months as a result of workshops on press freedom organised by the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF).

Pakistan

DEUX JOURNALISTES SONT TUÉS

Pakistan

DOS PERIODISTAS MUERTOS

Pakistan

TWO JOURNALISTS KILLED

Pakistan's tribal areas bordering Afghanistan are not the safest areas for journalists. In the province of South Waziristan, authorities routinely bar reporters from entering and journalists who report on the activities of al-Queda supporters are often harassed and threatened. On 7 February 2005, two journalists were shot and killed by armed assailants, report Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Pakistan

PRIX DES RAPPORTS HOMMES-FEMMES DANS LE JOURNALISME

Pakistan

GOBIERNO SUSPENDE PUBLICIDAD Y PRESIONA A PERIÓDICOS QUE TIENEN POSTURA CRÍTICA

Pakistan

LES GOUVERNEMENTS RETIENNENT LA PUBLICITÉ, POUR FAIRE PRESSION SUR LES JOURNAUX CRITIQUES

Pakistan

GOVERNMENTS WITHHOLD ADVERTISING, PRESSURING CRITICAL NEWSPAPERS

On 12 March 2004 the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, expressed its concern about the government's use of advertising restrictions to pressure Pakistani newspapers into curtailing their criticism of officials.

Pakistan

PAKISTAN : SIGNEZ UNE PÉTITION D'APPUI À UN REPORTER QUI RISQUE L'EMPRISONNEMENT À VIE

Pakistan

SIGN A PETITION TO SUPPORT REPORTER FACING LIFE IMPRISONMENT

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans Frontières, RSF) invites you to join more than 2,400 journalists and media workers in signing a worldwide petition calling for the release of jailed Pakistani journalist Khawar Mehdi Rizvi.

Pakistan

UN MAIRE ABAT UN JOURNALISTE

Pakistan

ALCALDE MATA A PERIODISTA

Pakistan

MAYOR KILLS JOURNALIST

Police in Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province are investigating the whereabouts of the mayor of Manshera after he shot and killed a journalist who accused him of running an illegal liquor business.

Pakistan

UN JOURNALISTE EST ABATTU

Pakistan

PERIODISTA MUERTO A TIROS

Pakistan

JOURNALIST SHOT DEAD

Pakistani journalist Ameer Bux Barohi was shot and killed on 3 October by three unidentified men in Shikarpur, reported the Pakistan Press Foundation, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

Pakistan

Pakistan: Internews/Green Press Report on Press Freedom

20 May 2003

Pakistan

LES GROUPES DE DÉFENSE DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE S?INQUIÈTENT DES AGRESSIONS

Pakistan

GRUPOS DE LIBERTAD DE PRENSA ALARMADOS POR ATAQUES

Pakistan

PRESS-FREEDOM GROUPS ALARMED AT ATTACKS

The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN) have called attention to press-freedom conditions in Pakistan, where a writer has been murdered and two journalists attacked in the past five weeks.

Pakistan

PPF SEEKS ENTRIES FOR JOURNALISM AWARDS

The Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) is inviting Pakistani journalists to apply for the UNESCO-PPF Gender in Journalism Annual Awards which recognise excellence in gender sensitive reporting and outstanding reporting by a female journalist.

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DE NOUVELLES LOIS FONT SOUFFLER UN CLIMAT DE CRAINTE SUR LA LIBRE EXPRESSION

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NUEVAS LEYES ENFRÍAN LA LIBRE EXPRESIÓN

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NEW LAWS CAST CHILL ON FREE EXPRESSION

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has approved three new media laws ARTICLE 19 warns will result in significant self-censorship amongst the country's press. The organisation says the Press Council Ordinance, Registration Ordinance and Defamation Ordinance are "clearly aimed at controlling the media" and serve to undermine Pakistan's process of democratic transition.

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RSF DÉNONCE LES NOUVELLES LOIS SUR LA PRESSE

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RSF CONDENA NUEVAS LEYES DE PRENSA

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RSF DECRIES NEW PRESS LAWS

The Pakistani government has drawn the ire of the country's biggest press groups following the adoption of three new press laws that create stiffer penalties for defamation and establish a media council under the control of the state, writes Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

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EDITOR RENUNCIA POR PRESIONES POLÍTICAS; REVISTAS RELIGIOSAS PROHIBIDAS

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SOUS LES PRESSIONS POLITIQUES; DES MAGAZINES RELIGIEUX SONT SUSPENDUS

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EDITOR RESIGNS UNDER POLITICAL PRESSURE; RELIGIOUS MAGAZINES BANNED

The resignation of an influential editor at one of Pakistan's leading English-language newspapers allegedly due to political pressure has elicited alarm from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). CPJ says Shaheen Sehbai, editor of "The News", circulated a letter among colleagues and friends in which he said he was resigning due to pressure from the government. Sehbai said Pakistani officials had pressured the newspaper's publisher, Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, to fire him and three other reporters, identified as Kamran Khan, Amir Mateen and Rauf Klasra, says CPJ.

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RÉGIMEN DE MUSHARRAF USA LEYES DE BLASFEMIA PARA SILENCIAR MEDIOS

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LE RÉGIME MUSHARRAF RECOURT AUX LOIS SUR LE BLASPHÈME POUR MUSELER LES MÉDIAS

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MUSHARRAF REGIME USES BLASPHEMY LAWS TO SILENCE MEDIA

The regime of General Pervez Musharraf has been actively invoking controversial blasphemy laws to restrict press freedom, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).

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DE PERIÓDICO SENTENCIADO A MUERTE; PERIODISTAS DETENIDOS POR "BLASFEMIA"

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À MORT; DES JOURNALISTES SONT DÉTENUS POUR

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NEWSPAPER OWNER SENTENCED TO DEATH; JOURNALISTS DETAINED FOR "BLASPHEMY"

Rehmat Shah Afridi, owner of the English-language daily "Frontier Post" and the Urdu-language daily "Maidan", has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani Anti-Narcotics Court, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). On 27 June, Afridi was condemned to death and fined 2,000,000 rupees (approximately US$31,275) over two narcotics cases. The journalist and two other accused, both sentenced to life in prison, are expected to appeal, says PPF.

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PERIODISTAS PODRÍAN ENFRENTARSE A PENA DE MUERTE POR

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DES JOURNALISTES PASSIBLES DE LA PEINE DE MORT POUR "BLASPHÈME"

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JOURNALISTS COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR "BLASPHEMY"

Five employees from the "Frontier Post" newspaper have been arrested for blasphemy and could face the death penalty, while the paper's offices were also attacked by Islamic demonstrators, according to the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). The events raise concern about the press freedom situation in Pakistan, particularly in the North-West Frontier Province.

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ATAQUE CON BOMBA A OFICINAS DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN

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ATTENTAT À LA BOMBE CONTRE LES BUREAUX D?UN GROUPE DE PRESSE

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BOMB ATTACK ON MEDIA OFFICES

On 6 November, three people were killed and at least three others were injured in the bombing of offices of the Nawa-e-Waqt group, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The Nawa-e-Waqt group publishes the Urdu-language daily "Nawa-i-Waqt", "The Nation" and several other publications, however, only the advertising staff remained in the building as the journalists moved out a few years ago after previous arson and rocket attacks. Among the people killed were "Nawa-i-Waqt" advertising manager Najamul Hasan Zaidi and an unidentified woman who was carrying the bomb on her person. "This new attack against a press organ in Karachi, six months after the criminal burning of the "Business Recorder", represents a deterioration of security conditions for journalists there," states RSF.

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LES MÉDIAS VIVENT DES MOMENTS DIFFICILES

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MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN ATRAVIESAN TIEMPOS DIFÍCILES

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MEDIA ENDURES THROUGH DIFFICULT TIMES

Despite much media repression under the rule of the former, democratically elected government, and challenges under the military dictator, many journalists continued to carry out their work, says a recently published report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). "Pakistan - The Press for Change", written by CPJ Asia Programme Coordinator Kavita Menon, reviews the "brutal tactics" used by the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's regime to silence the press. Under Sharif's rule, journalists who did not tow the government line faced censorship, heavy fines, the blocking of publishing supplies, threats, harassment, beatings, and detention, says the report. As a result, Menon notes that many journalists did not regret the deposing of Sharif by General Pervez Musharraf in October 1999. "Many journalists felt that democracy in Pakistan was endangered long before the coup," writes Menon. The report, however, also raises concerns about the freedom of the press under Musharraf.

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ESTADO DE EMERGENCIA PODRÍA AMENAZAR LIBERTAD DE PRENSA

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L?ÉTAT D?URGENCE POURRAIT METTRE EN DANGER LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE

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STATE OF EMERGENCY COULD THREATEN PRESS FREEDOM

While press freedom has not yet been seriously threatened in Pakistan, many fear what the repercussions of the 12 October military coup and General Pervez Musharraf's declared state of emergency might mean to the media, reports the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF). The Pakistan army staged a coup on 12 October immediately following Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's unanticipated dismissal of Chief of Army Staff General Musharraf. On 16 October, General Musharraf became Chief Executive of Pakistan and declared a state of emergency, suspending the constitution. Owais Aslam Ali, Secretary General of the PPF states, "Although no steps have been taken against the media up to now by the new setup, the imposition of the state of emergency gives the government the means to curtail media freedom." The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warns that in "the absence of constitutional protections guaranteeing civil liberties, including freedom of speech and of the press, the right of journalists to report freely on the momentous political developments at hand may be sharply curtailed."

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AUTORIDADES ACOSAN A PERIODISTAS

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LES JOURNALISTES SONT HARCELÉS PAR LES AUTORITÉS

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AUTHORITIES HARASS JOURNALISTS

In the wake of months of harassment of journalists in Pakistan, Reporters sans frontières (RSF) reports that authorities are allegedly establishing a "special media cell" to target the media. According to the 1 June issue of the daily Frontier Post, "the federal government has decided to establish a special media cell comprising officials from the police, the Intelligence Bureau and the Federal Investigation Agency to punish independent journalists critical of government policies." The daily reports, "The modus operandi of the special cell would be to abduct a 'defiant' journalist and subject him to physical torture at some 'safe houses' and release him after 24 or 36 hours." The newspaper lists other forms of harassment planned, "including intimidation, anonymous threats, arrests on charges of drunkenness". The paper also released a list of 31 journalists, several of whom have been victims of harassment or attacks recently.

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PERIODISTAS AMENAZADOS POR PARTIDARIOS DEL TALIBÁN

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LES PARTISANS DES TALIBANS MENACENT DES JOURNALISTES

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JOURNALISTS THREATENED BY TALIBAN SUPPORTERS

Journalists in northern Pakistan have been threatened by supporters of Afghanistan's Taliban regime, report Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN. Most recently, RSF reports that Waliullah Saleem, director of the Peshawar based Sahaar News Agency, received several death threats from unidentified people. On 10 January 1999, he gave an interview to Radio Tehran analyzing the reasons for the murders of several exiled Afghanis in northern Pakistan. Two days later, he was threatened by an unidentified caller who told him "to keep silent or [they] will silence him." Saleem also gave an interview to the Voice of America about illegal timber trafficking by Taliban supporters in the province of Kunar (Afghan border of the North West Frontier Province.) Shortly afterward some friends told him not to go to the province because he would be in danger. RSF says, "Saleem did not name any individual or group for the threats but he hinted that the Taliban or radical Arab groups - reacting to another story he wrote - might be involved in this harassment."

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LA RÉPRESSION DES ÉDITEURS DE JOURNAUX SOULÈVE L?INDIGNATION

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CAMPAÑA CONTRA EDITORES CAUSA INDIGNACIÓN

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CRACKDOWN ON PUBLISHERS CAUSES OUTRAGE

A government crackdown on the Jang Publishing Group, Pakistan's largest newspaper publishing company, which seems to be in retaliation for critical stories published in the group's newspapers, has caused outrage around the country and the world, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters sans frontières (RSF). RSF says journalists believe the Jang group has been suffering harassment from officials since August 1998 mainly as a result of revelations of corruption within Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government. The group's bank accounts have been frozen until they agree to pay a fine of 2 billion rupees (US$47 million; 35 million euros) for "tax evasion," which is alleged to be a trumped up charge. More than a dozen journalists who work for Jang newspapers have been intimidated and threatened - some with physical harm, some with dismissal. Some have also had their phones tapped. The government has also stationed Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) personnel and police around the Jang Group's dailies, "Jang" and "The News", and confiscated newsprint in an attempt to prevent publication.