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Missing Pakistani journalist found dead

The bullet-ridden body of missing Pakistani journalist Javed Naseer Rind was found on Wednesday near Khuzdar, in the federal province of Balochistan, Pakistani media reported. Reportedly in his mid-twenties, Mr. Rind was a sub-editor and respected columnist at the Daily Tawar, a local Urdu-language paper. He was abducted on 10 September by unidentified men from […]

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Yemeni journalist succumbs to gunshot wounds

A journalist with the Arabic Media Agency died on 25 September, five days after he was hit in the face by sniper fire while covering protests in the Yemeni city of Sanaa, reports said. Hassan al-Wadhaf is the third journalist to be killed in Yemen this year, according to the IPI Death Watch. The others, […]

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Yemen journalist one of three Nobel Peace Prize recipients

Yemeni journalist and activist Tawwakul Karman was one of three 2011 Nobel Peace Prize winners announced today. The other winners were Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, who is up for re-election next week, and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee. Founder of the activist group Women Journalists Without Chains (WJWC), Karman has found herself in jail on […]

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IPI calls for full investigation into Rwandan journalist’s murder

The International Press Institute (IPI) has called for a full investigation into the murder of Charles Ingabire last week, which other Rwandan exiles have said was linked to the victim’s journalistic work, reports say. Ingabire, 32, was the editor of Inyenyeri News, an online opposition news site, news reports say. Ugandan police told the Human […]

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