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Link to: Television channel reporter gunned down in Karachi

Television channel reporter gunned down in Karachi

Wali Khan Babar was gunned down by unidentified armed men shortly after covering an operation against drug-traffickers in Karachi.

Link to: Television channel reporting team attacked

Television channel reporting team attacked

Mannan Ashraf, Salman Ashraf, Muhammad Sajid, Muhammad Saeed, Irfan Serwer and Mohammed Majeed were assaulted as they were filming a documentary.

Link to: Two journalists dead, one injured in twin suicide blasts

Two journalists dead, one injured in twin suicide blasts

The journalists were covering a meeting at the administrative offices when two suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing 50 people and injuring 120 others.

Link to: Senior journalist attacked for his reporting

Senior journalist attacked for his reporting

Niaz Bhatti, a reporter for the daily “Ibrat” newspaper, was beaten and left unconscious after an attack by several gang members.

Link to: Baloch journalist kidnapped and found dead a month later

Baloch journalist kidnapped and found dead a month later

Abdul Hameed Hayatan’s critical reporting on the authorities and his support for the Baloch National Movement may have been the motive for his abduction and murder.

Link to: Forty-four IFEX members call for concrete measures to end violence against outspoken women journalists and activists

Forty-four IFEX members call for concrete measures to end violence against outspoken women journalists and activists

On the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, on 25 November 2010, 44 IFEX members, including members of the IFEX Gender Working Group, call attention to the situation of women in the free expression community who are subject to targeted attacks because of their gender.

Link to: Thirty-eight IFEX members make recommendations to improve freedom of expression at Honduras’s UPR

Thirty-eight IFEX members make recommendations to improve freedom of expression at Honduras’s UPR

In support of the IFEX-Latin America and the Caribbean (IFEX-ALC) mission to the Honduras UPR in Geneva, IFEX members provided recommendations regarding the country’s freedom of expression record.

Link to: Thirty-one IFEX members and 25 other groups call on the President of Puntland to respect freedom of expression

Thirty-one IFEX members and 25 other groups call on the President of Puntland to respect freedom of expression

Since Abdirahman Mohamed Farole became president on 11 January 2009, journalists have been arrested, physically assaulted, suspended, censored and even killed, and the operations of news media organisations have been threatened, closed or restricted.