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Press Statement Pakistan: Man accused of beheading Daniel Pearl set to walk free01 Feb, 2021 Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was previously convicted in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, is set to walk free after Pakistan’s Supreme Court on ordered his release January 28. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) opposes the order and calls on the Supreme Court to review the ruling. The ruling, issued by a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Mushir Alam, has shocked not only the family of the murdered journalist Daniel Pearl but also the whole media community. The court did not furnish a clear justification for the ruling, saying only that the reasons would be “recorded later”. The government of Pakistan appealed the Supreme Court decision on January 29. The appeal seeks to overturn the acquittal and reinstate Sheikh’s death penalty. Hyderabad Anti-terrorism Court found Sheikh guilty in the first instance of abducting and killing Pearl in 2002 and sentenced him to death, while other three men received life sentences. However, on April 2, 2020, the High Court of Sindh province overturned this ruling and acquitted the four alleged perpetrators, including Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Following public criticism of their release, the four men were rearrested a few days later. The new ruling by the Supreme Court again overturns the original sentences and allows the alleged perpetrators of the crime to be released. Pearl’s family said they were “shocked” by the ruling and that they have only one option left, that of filing a petition for a review of the latest ruling. Pearl, 38, was investigating Islamist militants in Karachi after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the US when he was kidnapped in January 2002. He was beheaded a short time later. The IFJ said: “The IFJ is disappointed in the Pakistan Supreme Court’s ruling to release Ahmed Sheikh and regards the ruling as a denial of justice for Pearl’s family and the media fraternity as a whole. The IFJ urges the court to review the decision.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, June 2022 06/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, May 2022 05/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, April 2022 04/16/2022 Download
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Press Statement लोकतान्त्रिक व्यवस्थामा सञ्चारमाध्यममा प्रकाशित/प्रसारित सामग्रीले अदालतको अवहेलना हुन सक्दैन : महासंघ28 Feb, 2018 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ लोकतन्त्र, प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको पक्षमा दृढतापूर्वक उभिँदै आएको छ । लोकतान्त्रिक व्यवस्थामा सञ्चारमाध्यममा प्रकाशित/प्रसारित सामग्रीले अदालतको अवहेलना हुन सक्दैन भन्ने महासंघको प्रष्ट धारणा रहेको छ । सञ्चारमाध्यममा कुन सामग्री प्रकाशन तथा प्रसारण गर्ने वा नगर्ने विषय उसको संविधान प्रदत्त अधिकार हो । नेपालको संविधान २०७२ ले पूर्ण प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता सुनिश्चित गरेबाट आम सञ्चारको हक र महत्व स्पष्ट हुन्छ । सम्मानित सर्वोच्च अदालतले मिति २०७४ फागुन १३ गते कान्तिपुर दैनिक विरुद्ध चलिरहेको मानहानीको मुद्दामाथि दिएको आदेश नेपालको संविधानको मूल मर्म र प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको विश्वव्यापी मान्यताविपरीत भएकाले यसलाई सच्याउन महासंघ आग्रह गर्दछ । सञ्चारमाध्यमलाई कुनै पनि निकायबाट समाचार प्रकाशन/प्रसारण गर्नुपूर्व लगाइने बन्देज ‘प्रिसेन्सरसीप’ महासंघलाई मान्य हुन सक्दैन । यस्तो बन्देजका विरुद्ध महासंघ सधै दृढताका साथ उभिने छ । साथै, महासंघ पत्रकारको पेशागत सुरक्षा, सम्पादकीय स्वतन्त्रता र सञ्चारमाध्यमको आचारसंहिता पालनाप्रति सबै सञ्चारमाध्यमको सजगता र प्रतिवद्धताप्रति विश्वस्त रहेको छ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, September, 2022 09/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2022 08/15/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, July 2022 07/15/2022 Download