Journalist Found Dead In Sindh After ‘Death Threats’
Senior journalist Aziz Memon was found 16 February 2020 strangulated before his body was thrown into a canal in Naushehro Feroze district in Sindh province…
Category Archives: Alerts
New Rules To Regulate Social Media Platforms Harmful To Free Speech
The Citizens Protection (Against Online Harm) Rules, 2020, believed the Federal Cabinet has approved secretly, have destined Pakistan to live without Internet freedom, citizens’ privacy…
27-Year-Old Woman Journalist Killed For Pursuing Journalism Carrier
FN Threat Data Analysis – October-November 2019 Twenty-two cases of threats, including murder of 27-year-old woman journalist, disappearance of citizen journalist, verbal and written life…
11 Cases Reported Against Journalists During September 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – SEPTEMBER 2019 Punjab, Sindh and federal territory Islamabad witnessed all the 11 cases, including murder, detention, written and verbal threats,…
Freedom Network & IRADA React Strongly To Govt Proposal For Special Media Trials
ISLAMABAD, 18 September 2019: The federal government’s announcement of setting up special tribunals for taking up complaints against media without prior consultations with primary stakeholders…
Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists Goes Unchecked In Pakistan
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2019 A journalist in Punjab province was killed at doorstep while two others survived attempted murder in Balochistan and…
Censorship, Online & Offline Harassment Of Journalists
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2019 Five cases of attacks, injuries to two journalists, a legal case against a journalist and offline and online…
New Coalition Launched To Combat Impunity Of Crimes Against Journalists
ISLAMABAD, August 8, 2019: A new initiative has been launched to facilitate establishment of a collaborative national safety mechanism to combat impunity of crimes against…
A Journalist, Blogger Murdered In June 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2019 A journalist and a blogger were killed while 15 other information practioners faced, arrest, attacks and verbal threats…
Journalist Killed In Sindh Province
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2019 A journalist was murdered, another survived attempt to murder while seven other cases of arrests, offline harassment, verbal…
April 2019: Dangerous Month For Journalists
FN Threat Data Analysis – April 2019 One journalist in a remote town of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was killed while twelve other cases of abduction,…
Journalists Faced Abduction, Legal Case, Attacks, Verbal Threats During March 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2019 Fifteen cases of kidnapping, attacks, verbal threats and legal cases against journalists and human rights defender were documented…
Two Journalists Go Missing; Another Booked Under PECA Law
Freedom Network is extremely worried for two missing young journalists – reporter Matloob Hussain Mosavi and TV cameraman Syed Ali Mubashir Naqvi – who were…
Online Harassment Of Journalist Gharidah Farooqi Condemned
ISLAMABAD: Female TV journalist Gharidah Farooqi is harassed, intimidated and threatened for her online opinion and “facts” she believes a journalist should be reporting. “Open…
Attacks, Injuries, Verbal Threat & Legal Case Reported Against Nine Journalists In February 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2019 Nine journalists faced attacks, legal case, received injuries and verbal threat during February 2019 under Pakistan Press Club…
Lahore Police Stop Journalists From Coverage
Police in Lahore city used violence to bar journalists from covering production of a journalist to a lower court on February 23 snatching cameras and…
Lowest Ever Cases Against Journalists In Two Years During Jan 2019
FN Threat Data Analysis – January 2019 Three cases – one each of injuries and legal – were recorded in January 2019 – the lowest…
11 Violations Against Journalists Reported In December 2018
FN Threat Data Analysis – December 2018 A journalist’s murder is among 11 cases in seven threat categories including detention, harassment, injuries, verbal threats and…
Journalist Murder Among 15 Cases Documented During October-November Documented
FN Threat Data Analysis – October-November 2018 A total of 15 cases in eight different threat categories, ranging from murder to legal cases, – 10…
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…