by SAMSN Admin | Oct 13, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Nabeel Jakhura and Shabi Al Hassan, the president and assistant vice president of BOL Network respectively, were abducted in Karachi on October 8. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ)...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 28, 2020 | Killing, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Pakistani journalist Abid Hussain Abidi, affiliated with local newspaper Jurm-o- Saza, was shot dead in Mandi Bahaudin in the Malikwal district on September 25 by unidentified gunmen. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 25, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Release
Ehtisham Kiyani, a reporter for Channel 24 was arrested on false charges for allegedly bearing weapons in Islamabad’s High Court. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn his...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 24, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Pakistan, Reaching Out, Release
Journalists Asad Toor, Bilal Farooqi, and Absar Alam have all been charged with sedition between September 11 and September 16 for publishing allegedy ‘objectionable’ and ‘derogatory’ material online. The charges have been set under Pakistan’s sweeping 2016 Prevention...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Attack, Gender, Harassment, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Pakistan, Politics, Release
ore than 150 Pakistani women journalists released a statement on September 7 detailing the gender-based attacks that are increasingly impacting their safety and ability to work. Titled ‘Together Against Digital Abuse’, the statement also puts forward a list of demands...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, Media Ownership, Pakistan, Release
Media workers from Pakistan’s 24NewsHD are facing the possibility of job-losses after the channel was suspended by The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and ceased operation on August 31. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
