Committee to Protect Journalists - Pakistan tag:cpj.org,2008-09-16://1 2012-05-11T21:20:43Z Movable Type 4.34-en Pakistani journalist killed by gunmen tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19347 2012-05-11T18:45:31Z 2012-05-11T21:20:43Z Committee to Protect Journalists New York, May 11, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the murders of a local Pakistani journalist, his brother, and a friend, and calls on authorities to immediately investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice. 

]]> Cameron and Gilani should discuss journalist security tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19318 2012-05-08T14:52:36Z 2012-05-08T15:20:10Z Dear Prime Minister Cameron: As you begin your meetings with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to review the Pakistan-U.K. Enhanced Strategic Dialogue, we would like to draw your attention to concerns regarding the protection of journalists in Pakistan. CPJ data show that the country has been ranked the deadliest in the world for journalists for two consecutive years. This year, Pakistan also placed 10th on CPJ's Impunity Index, which spotlights countries where journalists are regularly murdered and their killers go free. Committee to Protect Journalists Pakistani journalist tortured, killed in Karachi tag:cpj.org,2012://1.19072 2012-04-19T19:33:36Z 2012-04-19T19:38:45Z New York, April 19, 2012--Pakistani authorities must thoroughly investigate the death of prominent editor and writer Murtaza Razvi, determine a motive in his killing, and apprehend all those responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, April 19, 2012--Pakistani authorities must thoroughly investigate the death of prominent editor and writer Murtaza Razvi, determine a motive in his killing, and apprehend all those responsible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Abolishing Censorship tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17644 2012-02-22T04:37:01Z 2012-02-21T00:35:44Z Even as trade and new systems of communication turn us into global citizens, the information we need to ensure accountability often stops at national borders. New platforms like social media are valuable tools, but the battle against censorship is hardly over. By Joel Simon... Committee to Protect Journalists Police in Santiago seize a photographer during an anti-government demonstration. (Reuters/Carlos Vera)

Even as trade and new systems of communication turn us into global citizens, the information we need to ensure accountability often stops at national borders. New platforms like social media are valuable tools, but the battle against censorship is hardly over. By Joel Simon

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Fighting Impunity tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17647 2012-02-22T04:35:55Z 2012-02-19T23:35:22Z The global rate of unpunished murders remains stubbornly high at just below 90 percent. Senior officials in the most dangerous countries are finally acknowledging the problem -- the first step in what will be a long, hard battle. By Elisabeth Witchel... Committee to Protect Journalists The global rate of unpunished murders remains stubbornly high at just below 90 percent. Senior officials in the most dangerous countries are finally acknowledging the problem -- the first step in what will be a long, hard battle. By Elisabeth Witchel

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Profiles in Freedom tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17645 2012-02-22T04:35:55Z 2012-02-21T01:37:58Z How does one negotiate the choice to stay and report potentially dangerous news, rather than take a less risky assignment, leave the profession, or flee the country? The recipients of the 2011 International Press Freedom Awards explain. By Kristin Jones... Committee to Protect Journalists CPJ awardee Natalya Radina.

How does one negotiate the choice to stay and report potentially dangerous news, rather than take a less risky assignment, leave the profession, or flee the country? The recipients of the 2011 International Press Freedom Awards explain. By Kristin Jones

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Evolution in Journalist Security tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17648 2012-02-22T04:34:01Z 2012-02-19T23:37:17Z The danger of covering violent street protests has become a significant risk for journalists, alongside combat and targeted killings. Sexual assault, organized crime, and digital vulnerability are also hazards. The security industry is struggling to keep up. By Frank Smyth... Committee to Protect Journalists A journalist crouches behind a cement block during clashes between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters in the West Bank. (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman)

The danger of covering violent street protests has become a significant risk for journalists, alongside combat and targeted killings. Sexual assault, organized crime, and digital vulnerability are also hazards. The security industry is struggling to keep up. By Frank Smyth

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Pakistani Media Look Inward tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17656 2012-02-22T04:27:01Z 2012-02-20T13:54:01Z

As journalists continue to be targeted, the government of Asif Ali Zardari has shown itself unable and unwilling to stand up for a free press. Whatever solutions exist will have to be found by people in the profession. By Bob Dietz... Committee to Protect Journalists A demonstrator holds a poster with the photo of slain Pakistani journalist Wali Khan Babar and the question, 'Why?' (AP/Mohammad Sajjad)

As journalists continue to be targeted, the government of Asif Ali Zardari has shown itself unable and unwilling to stand up for a free press. Whatever solutions exist will have to be found by people in the profession. By Bob Dietz

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Pakistani Journalist Speaks Up tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17801 2012-02-22T04:23:32Z 2012-02-20T14:11:00Z Pakistani reporter Umar Cheema speaks out on the climate of impunity that led to his being abducted and brutally assaulted for his work. (4:15) Read the Attacks on the Press 2011 country profile on Pakistan.... Committee to Protect Journalists

Pakistani reporter Umar Cheema speaks out on the climate of impunity that led to his being abducted and brutally assaulted for his work. (4:15)

Read the Attacks on the Press 2011 country profile on Pakistan.


]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Journalists Killed tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17663 2012-02-21T21:37:14Z 2012-02-20T14:29:07Z Murders decline, but fatalities rise during coverage of protests. Photographers and freelancers pay an especially high price. Pakistan is the world's most dangerous nation.... Committee to Protect Journalists Murders decline, but fatalities rise during coverage of protests. Photographers and freelancers pay an especially high price. Pakistan is the world's most dangerous nation.

]]> Attacks on the Press in 2011: Pakistan tag:cpj.org,2012://1.17580 2012-02-21T05:20:00Z 2012-02-16T11:00:07Z Meeting with a CPJ delegation in May, President Asif Ali Zardari committed his government to the pursuit of justice in journalist murders. But with seven journalists killed, five in targeted killings, Pakistan was the world's deadliest country for the press for the second consecutive year. High-profile investigations into the... Committee to Protect Journalists Meeting with a CPJ delegation in May, President Asif Ali Zardari committed his government to the pursuit of justice in journalist murders. But with seven journalists killed, five in targeted killings, Pakistan was the world's deadliest country for the press for the second consecutive year. High-profile investigations into the drive-by shooting of Wali Khan Babar in January and the abduction and fatal beating of Saleem Shahzad in May yielded no prosecutions, replicating the country's long-standing record of impunity in journalist murders. Intelligence officials were suspected of complicity in the Shahzad case and other anti-press attacks. With Zardari's government unwilling or unable to protect journalists, media organizations stepped up efforts to protect reporters working in the field. But widespread violence in Baluchistan, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Karachi, and the Swat Valley--combined with the war in Afghanistan--made the challenge exceptionally difficult. At least three Pakistani journalists fled into exile during the year.

]]> Gunmen kill Pakistani journalist who reported on Taliban tag:cpj.org,2012://1.18346 2012-01-17T18:47:56Z 2012-01-17T20:49:31Z New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to news reports. Aatif was a correspondent for private TV station Dunya News and also worked for Deewa Radio, a Pashto-language channel of the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America,... Committee to Protect Journalists New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to news reports. Aatif was a correspondent for private TV station Dunya News and also worked for Deewa Radio, a Pashto-language channel of the U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America, news reports said.

]]> CPJ supports Pakistani journalists facing threats tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18285 2011-12-29T17:27:31Z 2011-12-29T20:42:06Z New York, December 29, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists admires and supports the decision of Pakistani journalists Najam Sethi and Jugnu Mohsin to make public the threats that have driven them at times to live outside their country in recent months. Sethi and Mohsin are returning to their home... Committee to Protect Journalists Sethi at CPJ offices earlier this year. (CPJ/Sheryl A. Mendez)

New York, December 29, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists admires and supports the decision of Pakistani journalists Najam Sethi and Jugnu Mohsin to make public the threats that have driven them at times to live outside their country in recent months. Sethi and Mohsin are returning to their home in Lahore and are determined to continue their independent work in the media. They, like other journalists in Pakistan in recent weeks, have opted to openly confront those making the threats, which have come from both state and non-state actors.

]]> Pakistan should release investigation into 2006 death tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18195 2011-12-06T21:46:25Z 2011-12-06T22:00:17Z Dear President Zardari: This week marks the six-year anniversary of the abduction of journalist Hayatullah Khan. We join his family in asking your government to release the report on the investigation into his death that was prepared by High Court Justice Mohammed Reza Khan in September 2006 under the orders of former President Pervez Musharraf. Committee to Protect Journalists December 6, 2011

President Asif Ali Zardari
Islamic Republic of Pakistan
President House
Islamabad, Pakistan

Dear President Zardari:

This week marks the six-year anniversary of the abduction of journalist Hayatullah Khan. We join his family in asking your government to release the report on the investigation into his death that was prepared by High Court Justice Mohammed Reza Khan in September 2006 under the orders of former President Pervez Musharraf.

]]> CPJ calls on Pakistan to unblock BBC World News tag:cpj.org,2011://1.18170 2011-11-30T19:38:01Z 2011-11-30T21:21:42Z New York, November 30, 2011--The All Pakistan Cable Operators Association must immediately unblock the BBC World News television channel in Pakistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Operators began censoring the channel Tuesday in response to a documentary they considered "anti-Pakistan," and threatened to pull other foreign news... Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, November 30, 2011--The All Pakistan Cable Operators Association must immediately unblock the BBC World News television channel in Pakistan, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Operators began censoring the channel Tuesday in response to a documentary they considered "anti-Pakistan," and threatened to pull other foreign news channels, the BBC said.

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