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Relatives mourn the death of journalist Aftab Alam, who was killed by unidentified gunmen, outside a hospital morgue in Karachi, Pakistan, 9 September 2015, REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Latest attacks on media in Pakistan leave two dead, two wounded

Unknown gunmen opened fired on the Geo News broadcast van, killing satellite technical engineer Arshad Ali Jaffery and wounding driver Anis Chauhan. There were two more attacks on journalists within 24 hours for which the motives are not yet clear.

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Alleged killers of Balochistan journalist and his colleagues apprehended

Pakistani authorities have arrested the alleged killers of Baloch journalist Irshad Mastoi and two of his colleagues, who were murdered in August 2014.

The aftermath of an airstrike by the Saudi-led Coalition near Yemeni television station Al-Masirah, REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

UN Security Council must press for an end to attacks against media in Yemen

IFEX members urge the UN Security Council to ensure the protection of journalists in Yemen in light of historic resolution.

Slain Journalist Ibrahim Foday

An open letter calling for justice for slain journalist Ibrahim Foday

Four years after Sierra Leone Journalist Ibrahim Foday’s death, members of IFEX join the Media Foundation for West Africa in calling for more rapid progress.

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Pakistani journalists face criminal complaints for covering dissident political leader

Journalists in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province have been protesting against the police for falsely involving ten journalists in criminal complaints. Three of the journalists have been charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA).

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Journalists, cameramen beaten by Pakistani police

The Special Security Unit (SSU) of the police beat up journalists, reporters, photographers and cameramen while they were performing their professional duty outside the Sindh High Court (SHC) on Saturday, 23 May 2015. The media personnel were covering the appearance of former home minister Sindh Dr Zulfiqar Mirza at the SHC for his bail application […]

Zulkiflee ‘Zunar’ Anwar Haque

Ahead of cartoonist’s trial, NGOs call on Malaysian government to drop charges

Charged under the Sedition Act in Malaysia, internationally known political cartoonist Zunar could face 43 years in jail for a tweet.

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Newspaper reporter arrested near Pakistan-Afghanistan border

A correspondent of a Pakistani newspaper was arrested by security agencies in North Waziristan near the Pak-Afghan border.