RSF, FN Urge Legislators To Overhaul Draconian Cyber-Crimes Bill In Pakistan
Alarmed by the draconian nature of a cyber-crime bill that a Pakistani parliamentary committee approved last week, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and its partner, Freedom…
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My Bloody Fight For Right To Know
Exclusive blog for Freedom Network by journalist HAMID MIR marking the first anniversary of the murderous attack on him for his journalism work Hamid Mir…
One Year After Attack on Hamid Mir: No Findings Yet By Judicial Commission
ISLAMABAD, April 18, 2015: Freedom Network marks the first anniversary of the murderous attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir with serious concern that findings of…
Balochistan Sets Up Tribunals To Investigate Journalists’ Murders
Balochistan government has constituted two different judicial tribunals to investigate six murder cases of journalists killed in the province since 2011. A statement from the…
E-Bulletin For March 2015
March 2015 March 09: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) upheld the conviction of Mumtaz Qadri, the killer of publisher of Daily Times, Salman Taseer, under…
Govt Considering Censoring TV Channels For ‘Unwanted Content’
Freedom Network has expressed serious concern at a report that the federal government is going ahead with changes in regulatory framework for controlling contents on…
Convicted Killer Of Reporter Wali Khan Babar ‘Arrested’
Freedom Network welcomes announcement by paramilitary force in Karachi that ‘convicted killer” of Geo News reporter Wali Khan Babar was taken into custody after March…
State Of Gender In Journalism In Pakistan
Click link to read the short report on State of Gender in Pakistan – 2015 Gender in Journalism – 2015
Poor State of Gender In Journalism in Pakistan
Freedom Network marks the International Women’s Day paying tributes to female journalists for continuing to work in one of the most dangerous countries for journalists…
E-Bulletin For February 2015
February 2015 Feb 08: Altaf Hussain throws a veiled threat at TV anchors amidst controversy over Baldia factory fire. http://epaper.dawn.com/DetailNews.php?StoryText=09_02_2015_003_004 Feb 10: Online newspaper BalochHal…
Mohmand Tribal District Authorities Serve Notice On Press Club
Authorities in Pakistan’s Mohmand tribal district along the border with Afghanistan served Thursday (February 26, 2015) a notice on president of Ghalanai Press Club seeking explanation why…
‘Pakistan, Afghanistan Need To Work Together On Journalists’ Safety’
Pakistan and Afghanistan share commonality in terms of threats to media and its practioners and both countries are making efforts to mitigate these problems. Can…
Bangladesh New ICT Law Curtails Free Speech Online
Saleem Samad A secular and democratic Bangladesh has promulgated a new draconian law Information and Communication Technology (ICT) (Amendment) Ordinance-2013 which empowers law enforcers to…
Little Known Group Threatens Journalists In Quetta
A little known group ‘Shura-e-Fidayaan Islam’ or ‘Council of Suicide Bombers of Islam’ has sent Quetta Press Club a “threatening letter” to demand that four…
World Press Freedom Index 2015: Decline On All Fronts
The Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index ranks the performance of 180 countries according to a range of criteria that include media pluralism and…
Politics Dominate TV Debates, Gallup Survey Reveals
ISLAMABAD: A new survey of seven talk shows on Pakistani TV news channels has revealed ‘politics’ remained the main staple for discussions (45%) with the…
E-Bulletin For January 2015
January 2015 Jan 05: Supreme Court indicts ARY TV channel anchor Mubashar Lucman and CEO Salman Iqbal in ‘contempt of court’ case. http://www.dawn.com/news/1155189/sc-indicts-ary-ceo-anchorperson-in-contempt-case Jan 08:…
Forgetting Safety Basics, Again?
Story of an AFP photojournalist By Mazhar Abbas A bullet was found in an envelope in his car parked outside the Karachi Press Club in 2007….
State of Media in Pakistan: Key Trends of 2014 and Main Challenges in 2015
Freedom Network – www.fnpk.org – releases annual media report PRESS RELEASE ISLAMABAD, January 25, 2015: The year 2014 was the worst ever in…
Chronicles of Shame: Violations Against Pakistani Media And Journalists In 2014
A round-up of statistics of press freedom violations, including attacks on media practitioners and media houses in Pakistan in 2014 By Aurangzaib Khan The…