(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns the brief arrest by security forces in the tribal zone of North Waziristan of three journalists who were trying to cover clashes between the Pakistani security forces and the Taliban around Miran Shah. Those arrested on 6 March 2006 were Haroon Rasheed, of the Urdu-language service of the BBC […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders condemns the brief arrest by security forces in the tribal zone of North Waziristan of three journalists who were trying to cover clashes between the Pakistani security forces and the Taliban around Miran Shah.
Those arrested on 6 March 2006 were Haroon Rasheed, of the Urdu-language service of the BBC World Service, Haji Mujtaba, a stringer for Reuters, and Inam-ur-Rahman, a contributor to the APTN news agency.
Officials on 7 March also seized cassette tapes belonging to Inam-ur-Rahman.
Reporters Without Borders is also very worried by persistent threats against journalists in the region from some mullahs and jihadists in North Waziristan.
