Pakistan - Pakistani journalists live in growing fear of violence

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Pakistani journalists are being forced to flee or go into hiding to escape acts of violence and intimidation that usually go unpunished. The authorities have not kept their promise to protect media personnel and are sometimes even responsible for these abuses. The shooting of Baluchi journalist Zafarullah Jatak in June is the latest in a series of macabre murders of media personnel that are not being solved. Jatak worked for Intekhab, an Urdu-language newspaper based in Quetta, and had (...)

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