Pakistan Press Foundation

At least six journalists have been killed in the line of duty in Pakistan during the first four months of 2013, according to a report by the Pakistan Press Foundation.

Journalists were covering a political rally for the Awami National Party in Peshawar, Pakistan when a suicide bomber blew himself up killing at least 20 people and injuring dozens.

Over 30 IFEX members express concern at a set of proposals put forth by the government of Ecuador and due to be discussed on 8 March in Ecuador that seek to reform the OAS Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression.

The Balochistan Liberation Army has claimed responsibility for the murder of Mehmood Ahmed Afridi, a correspondent for the Urdu-language newspaper Intikhab in Pakistan.

Three media professionals were killed and three others injured in Quetta, Pakistan; they were reporting on an explosion that had occurred about a few minutes earlier, when a second bomb exploded, killing and injuring many.

It is not clear who placed an explosive devise under Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir’s car but he had been criticised by the Taliban for speaking out against the shooting of a teenage rights activist in October.

Unidentified gunmen riding a motorbike opened fire on Pakistani journalist Rehmatullah Abid while he was in a shop in Panjgur, Balochistan.

MFWA welcomes the move by Gambian authorities to drop charges against two journalists for seeking permission to peacefully protest the execution of death row inmates, but calls for investigation into death threats against journalists.