Pakistan: senior journalist assaulted for criticising the military
Event- Country
- Pakistan
- Initial Date
- Jul 1, 2022
- Event Description
On Friday, veteran journalist and political analyst Ayaz Amir was physically assaulted by masked men in the eastern city of Lahore. He was being driven home after his prime-time program on the mainstream Dunya news channel when his car was intercepted.
The 72-year-old nationally known journalist told reporters that the attackers “unleashed blows to my face and dragged me out of the vehicle” on a busy road near his workplace.
Amir alleged the masked assailants also "tore his clothes” before taking away his and his driver’s cellphones.
There were no claims of responsibility for any of the attacks.
Amir was assaulted a day after he delivered a speech at a crowded seminar in the capital, Islamabad, in which he severely criticized Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government and the powerful military’s role in national politics.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-State
- Suspected state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 31.570702335306844
Longitude: 74.31323448368356
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 1 July 2022, Ayaz Amir, media worker, was physically assaulted by masked men the day after delivering a speech critic of current government and military in Lahore, Pakistan.