Armed Men Raid Karachi Press Club
Several armed men in plainclothes late Thursday night – 08 November 2018 – raided Karachi Press Club harassing journalists and forcibly taking photos and examining…
Category Archives: Alerts
Second Journalist Killed For Reporting On Drug
Hours after his story on arrest of alleged drug dealer was published in K2 Times newspaper in Haripur district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, young…
Lowest Violations In September Since January 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – September 2018 A total of six cases of assault/injuries, verbal threats, legal case and attack on home of journalists were…
13 Cases of Murder, Harassment, Arrest, Threats And Attacks Against Journalists In August 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2018 Thirteen cases of murder, attack, arrest, harassment, verbal threats, censorship, legal casea, attack on home and robbery against…
Reporting Takes Young Journalist’s Life In Punjab
Young journalist Abid Hussain in Dewan Sahib town in Borewala tehsil of Vehari district in Punjab province succumbed to injuries a day after he was…
Nine Cases Of Violations Against Journalists During July 2018
28 TV channels served notices for ECP CoC ‘Violations’ FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2018 Nine cases of abduction, arrest/harassment, attack, verbal threats, censorship,…
Safety Advisory For Pakistani Journalists Covering #Elections2018
Freedom Network, Islamabad-based Pakistani media watchdog organisation, releases Safety Advisory to sensitise journalists, photographers, cameramen, media assistants and their organisations on need to take measures…
Seven Cases of Abduction, Arrest, Attack and Threats In June 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2018 Seven cases of abduction, arrest, physical attack, verbal threats and break-in against journalists were documented during June 2018…
May Records More Attacks On Journalists Than April 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – April-May 2018 Twenty-three cases of attempt to assassinate, arrests/detention/harassment, physical attacks, attack on home, verbal threats, censorship and legal cases…
Chronicles of Shame: The Changing Threat Patterns and Demographics of Pakistani Media Landscape
ISLAMABAD, May 1, 2018: An award-winning Pakistan-based media rights watchdog Freedom Network has recorded over 150 cases of attacks and violations against media and its…
Pakistan Is Censoring Media Massively
Just months before the nation goes to general elections this year, mainstream as well as regional media is witnessing increased censorship brought together through court…
Two Journalists Killed As 15 Cases of Violations Against Media Practioners In March
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2018 A total of 15 cases of murders, kidnapping, arrest, detaining, harassment, assault, attack on home, legal case, attack…
FN Slams Ban On Journalism In Orakzai Tribal Region
PESHAWAR, 20 March 2018: Journalists are barred from visiting or reporting Orakzai tribal district for last five months and local tribal journalists’ pleas to lift…
FN Concerned At Mysterious Disappearances Of Journalists In Interior Sindh
Two Sindhi journalists were reported missing after people in plain clothes and police uniforms whisked them away from interior Sindh province where feudal, tribal chieftain,…
Journalists Face 15 Cases Of Assassination Bid, Abduction, Attacks, Harassment & Threats
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2018 Fifteen cases of attempt to assassinate, abduction, harassment, attacks, verbal and written threats against journalists and censorship of…
KP Govt Letter Asking Journalist To Make Saplings’ Supply Termed “Harassment”
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has sent journalist Arshad Aziz Malik a “supply order” to seek “million saplings” – a move the resident editor of Jang newspaper…
Failed Abduction, Detention, Harassment & Shutting Down Radio’s Operations Key January 2018 Violations
FN Threat Data Analysis – January 2018 Nine cases, including failed attempt to abduct journalist, abduction of tribal journalist’s brother, shutdown of Radio Mashaal, harassment…
Taha Siddiqui Escapes Abduction In Islamabad
Senior journalist Taha Siddiqui escaped an attempt to abduct him by unidentified armed men in Islamabad, increasingly becoming unsafe city for journalists in the country….
Eight Journalists Assaulted, Injured & Four Others Harassed and Booked
Freedom Network Threat Data Analysis – December 2017 Eight journalists, all from electronic media, were attacked and injured in line of duty and all of…
Key Media Stakeholders Agree To Draft New Journalists Protection Law
Freedom Network welcomes unanimity reached among key stakeholders to protect journalists and media workers emphasizing the need for safety-focused law with federal government scrapping its…