Pakistan Press Foundation

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Journalists in Khuzdar, Pakistan found it difficult to ascertain who may be behind the murder of a local journalist as there are a number of opposing militant groups in the area.

Over 30 human rights groups worldwide have appealed for charges to be dropped against two men charged with several offences after circulating a harmless cartoon on an internal mailing list.

Violent protests that erupted against the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims” took a heavy toll on media professionals in Pakistan.

On 17 September 2012 three journalists were injured at the Press Club in Wari, in north-western Pakistan, when a group of people protesting the “Innocence of Muslims” vide set fire to the club building, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

As trial proceeds, over forty IFEX members urge the Cambodian government to drop charges facing detained rights defender and broadcaster Mam Sonando.

A group of 46 human rights organisations led by IFEX calls on member states of the United Nations Human Rights Council to urge Bahrain to release human rights defenders and peaceful opposition activists.

Four men riding on two motorbikes opened fire at the offices of the television station Aaj News and the English-language daily newspaper “Business Recorder” on 25 June 2012 in Karachi.