Pakistan: media workers union leader receives death threats
Event- Country
- Pakistan
- Initial Date
- Mar 26, 2021
- Event Description
Media union leader Rana Muhammad Azeem, secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), received a death threat after exposing a mafia gangster in a television appearance. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Pakistan affiliate to call for an urgent investigation into the threat.
Media union leader Rana Muhammad Azeem, secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), received a death threat after exposing a mafia gangster in a television appearance. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Pakistan affiliate to call for an urgent investigation into the threat.
The PFUJ said on March 26 that its Secretary General Rana Muhammad Azeem received death- threat from a gangster after exposing mafia in a recent TV talk-show broadcastedon 92 News Channel. Earlier ,the Karachi-based Urdu newspaper had published the warrant notice against Rana Muhammad Azeem on February 28 leveling allegations of criminal conduct against the secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ).
The PFUJ said threats to working journalists had become more common in Pakistan despite repeated protests and activism by journalists. It also accused the Pakistan government of failing to provide security to the journalists.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Death threat
- Intimidation and Threats
- Rights Concerned
- Online
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 25.04685994563821
Longitude: 67.20609461196194
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 March 2021, Rana Muhammad Azeem, media workers union leader, received death threats from members of organised crime after exposing publicly their affairs in Karachi, Pakistan.
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