Pakistan - BBC World News taken off the air by Pakistani cable operators

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns yesterday's decision by cable television operators in Pakistan to block the transmission of programmes by the BBC's international television channel BBC World News, and deplores the attacks on journalists in recent days. “The Pakistani authorities must give immediate and effective pledges to guarantee freedom of the press and the diversity of news, however critical,” the press freedom organization said. “It is unacceptable that those who run the (...)

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