E-Bulletin For June 2020
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related laws, policies and…
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PM Khan Adviser Dr Gill “Abuses” Journalist For Hard Questions
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2020 Twelve cases of attempt to murder, detention, arrests, torture, offline, online harassment and legal cases against journalists…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – June 2020
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in…
Journalists Reporting COVID19 Facing Torture & Harassment
Media rights organization Freedom Network condemned the federal and provincial authorities for arresting, threatening, intimidating and harassing journalist doing critical stories on COVID19 in the…
E-Bulletin For May 2020
Media Monitoring May 2020 May 07: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority suspends license of NEO TV after the expiry of its show-cause notice period…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITORING – May 2020
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in…
Eight Cases Of Threats, Including Murder, Targeting Journalists In May 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2020 A second journalist was murdered in Sindh province this year as eight cases of different threat categories against…
Second Sindhi Journalist Murdered In Sindh This Year
Sindhi-language journalist, Zulfiqar Mandrani, was shot and killed in Jacobabad district of southern Sindh province on 26 May 2020, local journalists and family confirmed on…
FN Dismayed At Death Of Pakistani Journalist In Sweden, Seeks Justice
ISLAMABAD, 08 May 2020: Freedom Network is deeply concerned at media reports that missing Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain’s dead body was found in a river…
E-Bulletin For April 2020
Media Monitoring April 2020 April 04: Media workers report facing difficulties in returning homes after performing their duties late at night. They were denied access…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – April 2020
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in…
Two Journalists Escape Attempts On Their Lives
FN Threat Data Analysis – April 2020 Two journalists escaped attempt on their lives as a total of 15 violations, including arrests, detention, offline…
DIGITAL PAKISTAN MONITOR – March 2020
A monthly report on trends relating to digital rights, policies, practices & media Tracking: Internet and digital policies and regulations Digitalization in governance and…
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,…
Court Frees Convicts In Daniel Pearl’s Murder Case
The Sindh High Court verdict on appeals of four convicts of murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl setting three of them free and converting death…
E-Bulletin For March 2020
Media Monitoring Report – March 2020 02 March: Rights groups, including Freedom Network, boycott government consultation over new regulations aiming at taking full control of…
Serious Threats To Journalists in March 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – March 2020 Arrest of an editor-in-chief of the country’s largest media group in alleged land scam, killing of a journalist’s…
E-Bulletin For February 2020
Media Monitoring Report – February 2020 Feb 01: PEMRA slaps Rs.1 million fine on Channel 92 for “maligning” advisor to PM Imran Khan. https://www.dawn.com/news/1531876/pemra-slaps-rs1-million-fine-on-channel-92-for-maligning-sapm-zulfi-bukhari Feb…
E-Bulletin For January 2020
Media Monitoring Report – January 2020 Jan 03: Sindh High Court stops police from registering cases against a journalist without court’s permission. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2129389/1-shc-bars-police-registering-cases-journalist-without-courts-permission/ Jan 08:…
Sindhi Journalist Found Dead In Mysterious Circumstances
FN Threat Data Analysis – February 2020 A senior journalist in interior Sindh was found dead in mysterious circumstances while a tribal journalist receiving life-threatening…