(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is disturbed by attacks against journalists in Pakistan. According to the IFJ’s information, this year alone, there have been numerous cases of journalists being attacked, abused, harassed and followed by agents of the state including officers of the Federal Investigation Agency, the police, and Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau. **Updates IFEX alerts of […]
(IFJ/IFEX) – The IFJ is disturbed by attacks against journalists in
Pakistan. According to the IFJ’s information, this year alone, there
have been numerous cases of journalists being attacked, abused, harassed
and followed by agents of the state including officers of the Federal
Investigation Agency, the police, and Pakistan’s Intelligence Bureau.
**Updates IFEX alerts of 12 February, 8 February, 5 February, 3
February, 2 February, 8 January 1999, 16 December and 15 December 1998**
Further, the Jang newspaper group has had its newsprint impounded, and
some of those who demonstrated about the Jang case were assaulted by
officers; many journalists have been charged with organising illegal
gatherings.
The diverse nature and scale of these assaults, which have been carried
out by state agents, suggest that officers believe their conduct is
acceptable, even desirable.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the Prime Minister:
freedom
problems of newsprint at the Jang group, if journalists continue to be
attacked and no one is held to account, press freedom will remain
threatened in Pakistan
Appeals To
Muhammad Nawaz Sharif
Prime Minister
Prime Minister’s Secretariat
Islamabad, Pakistan
Fax: +92 51 920 5532
e-mail: primeminister@pak.gov.pk
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