CPJ and Rights Groups Express Concern Over Media Freedom in Pakistan

Committee to Protect Journalists, rights groups express concern at ‘deterioration of media freedom’ in Pakistan

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and 17 other press freedom and human rights organisations on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to take immediate steps to “uphold the country’s constitutional and international obligations” to protect press freedom. In a joint letter addressed to the premier, they said they were writing to express “deep concern regarding the sustained deterioration of media freedom in Pakistan”. The letter was endorsed by Reporters Without Borders, the Co...

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