The International Press Institute (IPI) today criticised a Kazakhstan court’s decision sentencing the head of the country’s Journalists Union and National Press Club and his son to lengthy prison terms on corruption charges that rights defenders have decried as politically motivated. An Astana court convicted Seitkazy Matayev of tax evasion and embezzlement yesterday and handed […]

Leading Pakistani women journalists appeared before a parliamentary committee on human rights on August 18 to address pervasive online attacks against women in the industry, after launching a campaign under the hashtag #AttacksWontSilenceUs earlier this month. The campaign, including a joint statement signed by tens of prominent journalists and organizations, describes the violent nature of […]

The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority has banned 24 local FM radio stations from broadcasting news bulletins from the BBC Urdu Service. The ban, which affects 24 out of 34 BBC FM partner stations in Pakistan, was relayed to the BBC by the PEMRA, which said it was acting on orders from the government. No […]

Police found the mutilated body of a local journalist outside the village of Wahipandhi in Sindh, Pakistan today. The body of Ghulam Rasool Birhamani, a journalist with local daily Sindh, was found in a field near the village. According to the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Birhamani had been kidnapped from the village two […]