Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Asia Pacific October round-up: Travel bans, award winners, and impunity in Afghanistan
October: Authorities use immigration rules to ban journalists and activists in Pakistan, Malaysia and Thailand; free expression advocates from Bangladesh and Malaysia win awards.
Parliament must defend health of Turkish democracy
Over 40 organisations call for Turkey’s national assembly to end the national state of emergency, extended for three months on October 19th.
Travel ban imposed on leading Pakistani journalist after his story on the military
Cyril Almeida, a reporter for Pakistan’s leading English daily, was placed on an “Exit Control List (ECL)” to prevent him from leaving the country.
Pakistan: TV channel reporter injured in attack in Balochistan
Mujeeb Tareen, a reporter for the Aaj News television channel, was attacked by three armed men after reporting on a police raid at a car showroom.
Refugees, migrants and minorities: Asia Pacific September round-up
Award recognizes Iranian cartoonist held by Australia, surveillance in Thailand takes a most scary turn and a report on transgender women in Cambodia reveals shocking statistics.
Director of Pakistan’s largest media group kidnapped
Abid Abdullah, Director of Coordination for the Jang Group, was kidnapped at gunpoint by unidentified men in the city of Peshawar, Pakistan.
Political party workers attack media houses in Karachi
Three TV cameramen covering a protest by the MQM political party in Karachi, Pakistan were injured when protesters turned violent.
Irshad Mastoi: A murder shrouded in mystery
Pakistani journalist Irshad Mastoi was murdered along with two colleagues. Why are the families of the victims no closer to achieving justice than they were two years ago?