Posts tagged as: committee to protect journalists

Nawaz Sharif should address abuse of journalists: panel

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Pakistani government to ensure that there is a full investigation into the abduction and beating of a journalist for The Friday Times. Ali Chishti, who writes on national security and counter-terrorism, told CPJ and local news outlets that he was abducted and beaten on Friday, August […]

Media group demands probe into rape of Indian journalist

Indian authorities must conduct a thorough and efficient investigation into the rape of a photographer in Mumbai on Thursday, the Committee to Protect Journalists has said. “It is appalling that a young woman working in the heart of Mumbai was attacked in this manner,” said Bob Dietz, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator. “We call on Indian […]

CPJ demands probe into Pakistani journalist’s murder

Authorities in Pakistan should immediately investigate the murder of a Baluch journalist whose body was found in Karachi on Wednesday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Haji Abdul Razzaq Baloch had been missing since March, according to media groups. Razzaq’s face was mutilated, and his body showed signs of strangulation and torture, according to […]

Anti-press violence spirals upward in Pakistan: panel

Anti-press violence has spiraled upward in Pakistan over the past five years, propelling the country into the eighth worst spot on the index, a media panel’s analysis has found.   Although extremists and criminals pose serious risk, Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP) research shows that Pakistani political and intelligence operatives routinely target the press for […]

Protection of media professionals

With the revolution of technology, the media industry has touched new lines of success in the present scenario. The Internet has eased the formerly hard limits of the journalistic community to include people such as bloggers, video-graphers and citizen journalists who carry out their outcomes for evolving media industry. If one side the industry is […]

National Assembly forms committee to probe into threats received by journalists

National Assembly forms committee to probe into threats received by journalists Islamabad: (Tuesday, January 10, 2012) Pakistan has lately emerged among the deadliest countries for the journalists, and with each passing day, the government along with security agencies has failed to provide them reliable protection. Infect the later has been accused of killing many of […]

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