Watchdogs Voice Serious Concern Over Attacks On Pakistan s Independent Media
June 03, 2021
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Several human rights watchdogs have expressed grave concerns over the growing number of attacks on Pakistani journalists who criticize the government and called on authorities to probe such incidents promptly and impartially.
The joint appeal by Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and the International Commission of Jurists comes amid a spate of blows directed at Pakistan s independent media.
Several veteran Pakistani reporters have left journalism after being threatened. The private Geo TV was forced off the air, and authorities have disrupted the distribution of Dawn, Pakistan s oldest English-language newspaper. Leading columnists have complained that stories deemed to be critical of the army are being rejected by outlets under pressure from the military.
A recent series of attacks and growing pressure on journalists who criticize the Pakistan government is a cause for serious concern, Human Rights Watch,.
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