State Emerges As Biggest Legal Predator Of Journalists: Freedom Network Research Report
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists – Nov 2, 2020 ISLAMABAD: The state of Pakistan has emerged as the single largest predator…
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Closing Spaces: Coercive Cyber Regulations Impede Online Journalism and Free Speech
International Internet Day – October 29 – State of Digital Rights in Pakistan Report 2020 Press Release ISLAMABAD: Pakistan presents a case study of shrinking…
Murders, Abduction & Intimidation Of Journalists Fail To Figure In Over 60 Cabinet Meetings, Imran Govt Admits
Freedom Network files RTI request with Cabinet Division to seek access to information International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September Press…
No Justice For Slain Woman Journalist In Lahore
RSF Investigation: Violence and impunity in Pakistan A single shot to the head took the life of the young Pakistani reporter Arooj Iqbal in the…
Freedom Network Annual Press Freedom Report 2020
Over 90 cases of attacks and violations against media in Pakistan in one year: 7 journalists killed, 2 abducted, 9 arrested, 10 assaulted, 23 threatened,…
Citizens Groups, Journalists’ Body & Others Reject PEMRA’s Draconian Proposed Draft Regulations On Web TV & Other Allied Attempts
PUBLIC STATEMENT BY CITIZENS AND STAKEHOLDERS On government attempts to curtail freedom of expression, right to information and digital rights; and appropriation of internet and…
Mob Besieging Dawn Offices In Islamabad Is Condemned
ISLAMABAD, 04 December 2019: National media watchdog organization Freedom Network is alarmed at the nature of protest against senior Dawn management including its well-respected editor…
Sindh To Legislate On Combating Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists And Media
KARACHI: 13 November 2019: Sindh Minister for Information and Broadcasting Mr Saeed Ghani announced Tuesday (12 November 2019) that Pakistan People’s Party’s government in the province…
100% Impunity For Killers, 0% Justice For Pakistan’s 33 Murdered Journalists In 2013-19
New report reveals how the legal system has failed the murdered journalists of Pakistan none of whom have received justice High impunity – of 33…
Pakistan A High Risk Country In Terms Of Media Pluralism
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, 18 July 2019: A collaborative research study, the Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) Pakistan – carried out by the global media rights organization Reporters…
RSF, FN Urge Caretaker PM To Ensure Media Covers #Elections2018 Freely
PARIS, July 2: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its local partner in Pakistan, Freedom Network (FN), sent a joint letter to caretaker Prime Minister Nasirul…
Life as a Woman Journalist in Pakistan: Threats, Harassment And Rejection
ADNAN REHMAT This book has been produced by Freedom Network, a Pakistani civil liberties group working on freedom of expression and access to information issues….
Late Asma Jehangir: A Vacuum Hard To Fill
Haroon Rashid Pakistan has lost an iconic human rights defender and a brave voice. There can be no two opinions about it. The usual rhetoric…
Freedom Network wins prestigious French Human Rights Prize
PARIS, December 12, 2017: French Justice Minister Ms Nicole Belloubet on Tuesday (December 12, 2017) handed Freedom Network, a Pakistani civic liberties organization working on issues of freedom of expression,…
Blanket Blackout Of TV Media And Social Media In Pakistan
In a major act of censorship, the Pakistan government enforced a blanket blackout of news and current TV channels as well as a shutdown…
SPECIAL REPORT: BLACKOUT IN BALOCHISTAN: MEDIA REPORTING IN FEAR, LIVING UNDER THREAT
November 2: International Day to End Impunity of Crimes against Journalists The Worsening State of Impunity against Media in Balochistan: Special Report by Freedom Network…
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances: States That Make Journalists Disappear
On August 30, the eve of International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals that a growing number of states…
Second Journalist Killed In Less Than A Month In Pakistan
Unidentified people target-killed young journalist Bakhshish Elahi of Kay2 newspaper in a broad daylight on a street of Haripur city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. “We…
2017 World Press Freedom Index – Tipping Point?
The 2017 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reflects a world in which attacks on the media have become commonplace and…
UN Secretary General Pledges To Take Action On Journalist Safety
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) urged UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to take steps to address the urgent issue…