Women In Media & Digital Journalists In The Crosshairs Of Threat Actors In Pakistan
Freedom Network Annual State of Press Freedom Report 2022 World Press Freedom Day Press Release ISLAMABAD – 28 April 2022: At least 86 cases of…
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How Pakistan’s Media Reports Minorities: Research Report
Indie digital media start-ups keep public interest journalism and pluralism hopes alive in Pakistan In a country where the freedom of religious expression and…
Pakistan Silencing Online Journalists Through Legal ‘Victimization’
Freedom Network Annual Impunity Report 2021 November 2 – International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists ISLAMABAD (November 1, 2021) – A chilling…
Towards Representative Models of Journalists’ Unions, Associations and Press Clubs in Pakistan
Challenges and Solutions of Promoting Labour Rights, Gender Equality and Freedom of Association in Pakistan’s Shifting Media Landscape This baseline research is part of a…
Dramatic Escalation In Climate Of Intimidation And Harassment Of Media In Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, 30 April 2021: A dramatic escalation in the climate of intimidation and harassment of media and its practioners adversely affecting freedom of expression and access to information environment was discovered, according to media watchdog Freedom Network’s annual state of Pakistan Press Freedom 2021 report.
Medical Assistance helps Dozens Of Pakistani Media Workers Combat Covid-19
ISLAMABAD, 16 March 2021: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Islamabad-based media watchdog organization Freedom Network (FN) joined hands last year to help…
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…
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…
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…
How Pakistan’s legal system has failed the murdered journalists of Pakistan?
The Impunity of Crimes Against Journalists Pakistan Report 2018 High impunity – 26 journalists killed in Pakistan in 5 years, only 16 cases went…
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…
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…
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….
WPFD2016: Journalists Set Minimum Benchmark For Own Safety
Five of Pakistan’s biggest press clubs and other platforms including four regional and a central union of journalists in partnership with Pakistan Press Club Safety…
Judicial Commission Fails To Identify Attackers Of Hamid Mir
A judicial commission set up in Pakistan to investigate a debilitating attack on prominent journalist Hamid Mir has not been able to determine the actual…
2015: The Year of Censorship in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: If the year 2014 was the most murderous year in Pakistan’s history with 14 journalists and media assistants killed that year, the year 2015…