Pakistan - Foreign journalists banned from town where Bin Laden was living

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns the continuing curbs on the movements of journalists in Abbottabad, the town in the northern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where Osama bin Laden was killed by US special forces on 2 May. The authorities have stepped restrictions on access to Abbottabad for the media. Foreign journalists now need a special permit to visit the town. A range of pretexts are used to obstruct the work of local journalists, who ought to be able to move about freely. “It is (...)

© Reporters sans frontières - lundi 19 septembre 2011