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Internet Freedom Internet: Oxygen for Journalism31 May, 2017 Quetta-based journalist Saadullah Akhter says that internet shutdowns are tantamount to shutting down journalism itself, especially in the remote areas of conflict-prone Balochistan. In the 21st century when the world is virtually a global village and the internet has revolutionized all avenues of our daily lives, no one – especially not journalists – can imagine life without the internet. In thinking about how shutting down the internet affects my work as a journalist, I can only say that without access to the internet, it is a dark world. A colleague describes shutdowns as squeezing the life out of journalism: “The internet is like oxygen for modern journalism.” Being cut off from vital networks and information flow from across the globe is like stifling the very profession of journalism. While the so-called ‘second era’ of data journalism was launched in the 1990s when some news outlets in the U.S. began to upload their websites with daily news and articles, it was at the beginning of this millennium that online journalism got a massive boost. After 9/11 when the United States invaded Afghanistan, journalists covering the war and terrorist attacks in the US rapidly filed stories on the web that allowed people to be in touch with ground reality. Adnan Aamir, Balochistan-based journalist and editor of online news website Balochistan Voices feels that the internet is a vital tool for modern journalism, and one that he cannot do without. Aamir says, “With the advent of online journalism and use of social media for promoting journalistic stories, internet has become the backbone of journalism.” Pakistan is ranked among the deadliest countries for journalists, but with adequate use of the internet, journalism is managing to survive. Journalists can file stories online without getting in harm’s way. This is particularly so in remote and inaccessible conflict prone-regions such as Balochistan. Various regimes have banned social media platforms and have limited internet access with a view to suppress the truth which journalists make it their duty to reveal to the public. The Pakistani Parliament passed a cybercrime bill last August, a decision that human right groups termed as an ‘attack on free speech’. In a recent move the Government of Pakistan has cracked-down on bloggers, several internet and social media users were summoned for questioning by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that clearly put journalists in more danger. “The reliance of every kind of journalism on the internet has increased so much that it’s not possible to reverse that process now,” Adnan Aamir said and added that shutting down the internet in this era is tantamount to shutting down journalism as a profession. (Join #JournosAgainstShutdowns: Campaign Against Internet Shutdowns in South Asia) Written By 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
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Press Statement नेपाल ःप्रेस स्वतन्त्रतामाथि आघात पुग्ने घटनाको भर्त्सना05 Jun, 2020 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ सुर्खेत शाखाका कोषाध्यक्ष टेकेन्द्र विश्वकर्मा र दैलेख शाखाका सदस्य खगेन्द्र सुनारलाई समाचार संकलनका लागि जाने क्रममा प्रहरीले बाटैमा रोकेर फिर्ता गराइएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । जेठ २२ गते रुकुम घटनाको सम्बन्धमा दलित पत्रकार संघका पदाधिकारी सम्मिलित टोलीसँगै समाचार संकलनको लागि जाजरकोट जाने क्रममा प्रहरीले पत्रकारद्वयलाई सूचना विभागले जारी गरेको प्रेस पास देखाउँदा देखाउँदै माथिको आदेश भन्दै सल्यानको बालुवासंग्राहीबाट फर्काएको थियो । स्वतन्त्ररुपमा काम गर्ने पत्रकारलाई बाटैबाट फर्काएर पेशागत कर्म निर्वाहमा रोक लगाएको यो घटना प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताविरोधी काम हो । महासंघ प्रेस स्वतन्त्रतामाथि आघात पुग्ने प्रहरीको यो हर्कतको कडा शब्दमा भर्त्सना गर्दछ । प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको सम्मान गरी यस्ता कार्य नदोहो¥याउन र पत्रकारलाई सुरक्षित र निर्वाध रुपमा काम गर्ने वातावरण मिलाउन महासंघ सम्बन्धित निकायसँग माग गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download