Tag: Rights of journalists
When Bravery Knows No Bounds
Despite being on the front lines, media personnel - including reporters, camerapersons, and photojournalists, have not had the luxury of reporting safely. As the contagion spreads, journalists put their own safety on hold at times ...
“They Will Make An Example Out Of Us To Crush All Dissent”
Although it has a remarkably vibrant press, Pakistan only ranks at number eight on the CPJ’s 2019 Global Impunity Index that enlists countries where murders of journalists go unpunished. At least 65 journalists and media workers ...
Rights Watch (13th April 2020)
Minor Killed: A Seven year old Faizan was raped and killed in the Bhagowali area near Faisalabad. Police recovered his body from outside the village and shifted it to the Rural Health Center for autopsy. Shelling in AJK: A Four year old ...
Rights Watch (10th April 2020)
Cash Distribution: In Faisalabad, women recipients of the government's financial aid complained about severe mistreatment as they were forced to sit on the ground for hours outside, without any water. The recipients usually wait for their ...
Rights Watch (9th April 2020)
No Discount on School Fee: All Pakistan Private Schools Association has decided not to follow the 20 percent discount on the fee during the coronavirus lock-down. The private schools in Punjab, Sindh, and ICT have announced to challenge the government directives to ensure they do not take full fees from students in the courts as most of ...
Rights Watch (8th April 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV09fxBNccM
Education Emergency
SHC has ordered Sindh Govt to declare an 'education emergency' to repair 7,956 dangerous school buildings 25% of funds from district development, bonus...
Rights Watch (7th April 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt1KP6X0SPU
Education in Crisis
Approximately 46.8 million Pakistani students’ learning has been affected by country-wide lockdowns and restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the...
Rights Watch (6th April 2020)
https://youtu.be/weuXSsSCLE4
Prisoners can sue the State for 'Inhumane Treatment'
Overcrowding of jails declared unconstitutional, prisoners can sue the state for denial of the right to life...
Rights Watch (3rd April 2020)
https://youtu.be/-st3RnuqciA
Fisherman in Thatta Starving
Fisherman residing on the 27 or so islands along the Thatta coastline are being forced to go hungry as fish markets...
Rights Watch (2nd April 2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGflv3qu4yA
Maid “Murdered” by Employers
Kharian Cantonment police booked a doctor and two others for the alleged murder of a domestic servant, Ramsha, who had been...