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Minorities and media
Pakistan’s media is evolving since it emerged from the 11 draconian years of Dictator General Ziaul Haq’s martial law (1977-1988). As it happens in dictatorships, many fundamental rights and freedoms of the people are usurped, and that is what happened in Pakistan....
Taking on the fight for better working conditions
In Nepal, we are still slowly recovering from the disastrous earthquake in April and May. A lot of challenges and opportunities are in front of us. On the one hand, we have to ensure support to more than 1,000 journalists affected by the earthquake, and on the other...
Next steps in gender equity
The woman editor of an English language daily was dismissive as she told a researcher, “The gender issue has now been transcended.” Her generation of Indian women journalists had broken the glass ceiling, she believes. When she hires staff she looks at their...
Why BOL matters to Pakistan’s journalists
Journalist Sidra Dar is determined to stay on the job at beleaguered Pakistani media company BOL despite the controversy. Here she explains why. As Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) expands their investigation into Pakistan’s fake degree scandal at BOL TV’s parent...
Cartooning as activism
Cartooning is a blend of journalism and art. Much like the editorial write-up of in a newspaper where the editor expresses views on certain issues, an editorial cartoonist has freedom to express views through cartoons and, importantly, freedom to advocate for what he...
The censorship behind Pakistan’s Bol scandal
It was the most anticipated launch of a TV channel in Pakistan in over a decade years. Not since Geo TV – the first independent TV channel of the country – was launched in 2002 had so much hype been built around the launch of a current affairs broadcaster boasting...
Reporting through Nepal’s crisis
Since the Nepal’s devastating earthquake on April 25, the country’s journalists have persevered to continue telling the story for Nepal and its people. “With my home and land now destroyed by the earthquake, my family had turned into squatters. Despite the loss, I did...
Pakistan’s media watchdog takes note of hate speech
Recently government supported media watchdog Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) in Pakistani issued 14 show-cause notices to TV channels for airing Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain’s – a local political party based in Karachi -...
Sri Lanka: The long road home for the exiled
On April 30, 2015, three Sri Lankan journalists and human rights defenders (HRDs) Shantha, Jayampathi and Kumuduni returned home after several years in exile in Nepal and short periods in India and the Maldives[1]. All three had been recognized as refugees by UNHCR in...
An Untraced Murder in Kashmir
On a chilly evening Parvaz Mohammad Sultan was giving final touches to his daily bulletin when two unidentified gunmen entered his press enclave office and fired at him from point blank. Left in a pool of blood, the 40-year-old editor of local news gathering agency...
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