Articles by Pakistan Press Foundation
Thirty-one IFEX members and 24 other organisations condemn harsh crackdown on press freedom
While calling on the Moroccan government to stop the current crackdown against press freedom, 31 IFEX members and others condemn the recent arrests and harassment of journalists and independent press.
Transmission of four news channels blocked during Taliban attack in Rawalpindi
The closure of the TV channels started in the afternoon of 10 October, under the pretext that they were showing live clips of a Taliban attack repeatedly.
Thirty-one IFEX members call on President Museveni to lift the ban on the four radio stations and address the state of free expression
Condemning the shut-down of four radio stations and a violent crackdown on members of the press during a period recent social unrest, 31 IFEX members call on President Museveni to guard free expression rights.
Paramilitary forces and government intelligence agencies besiege offices of newspapers in Quetta
Paramilitary forces and government intelligence agencies have besieged the offices of the dailies “Asaap”, “Azadi” and “Balochistan Express”.
Twenty-one organisations, including fifteen IFEX members, condemn guilty verdict, extended detention for Aung San Suu Kyi
(SEAPA/IFEX) – The Burma Action Group, comprising 21 organisations that are members and partners of the International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX), condemns the guilty verdict and 18-month extended house arrest meted out to Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on 11 August 2009. We join the international community in rejecting this judgment, and […]
Television channel news team detained by armed men, later released
Three personnel of the Sindh TV television channel were detained by armed men in Karachi on 4 August 2009.
Two journalists attacked by lawyers on court premises
Twenty lawyers attacked a reporter and cameraman for airing footage of the lawyers beating a policeman in Lahore, Punjab province.
Journalists barred from covering court case against colleagues
The police did not permit journalists to cover the case against three journalists, who had been accused of scandalising the chief justice of the Supreme Court.