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Press Statement Pakistan: Journalist granted bail after two months in prison30 Mar, 2020 Azhar-ul Haq Wahid, a reporter with Channel Five TV and the newspaper Khabrain was released on bail after more than two months in jail for criticising the Pakistani government on social media. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) condemn the government’s criminalisation of journalism and abuse of legal procedures. The Lahore High Court (LHC) justice Mujahid Mustaqeem granted Wahid bail on March 26 with his bond set at PKR 200,000. Wahid was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) cyber-crime wing on January 16 and heard before judicial magistrate Yasir Arafat the following day. The court initially denied the Wahid bail on January 23. The First Information Report (FIR) registered at the FIA against Wahid alleged he posted anti-state and defamatory content against state departments and public officials, including the former military general Pervez Musharraf on Facebook. The FIR also accused Wahid of sharing an “offensive, edited” version of Pakistan’s national anthem. He was arrested under sections 11 (hate speech) and 20 (harming the reputation or privacy of a natural person) of the Prevention of Electronic Crime Act 2016, and Section 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) of the Pakistan Penal Code. In response to the allegations, Wahid’s counsel, Mian Dawood said, “critising the government or Musharraf can’t be classified as rebellion.” PFUJ “understands that this is the first step towards the justice to Azhar-ul Haq Wahid. PFUJ is hopeful that case against him will be closed soon.” The IFJ said: “Journalists who are critical of authorities continue to be silenced by the Pakistani government through draconian laws. The IFJ urges the government to drop the case against Wahid immediately.” 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 - 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
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Press Statement जग्गा खरिद प्रकरणसम्बन्धी नागरिक दैनिकले समाचार प्रकाशित गरेपछि विकसित घटनाक्रमप्रति महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण03 Sep, 2017 सार्वभौम संसदका विभिन्न समितिहरूले अनुसन्धान गरी कारबाहीका लागि सिफारिस गरेको ‘नेपाल आयल निगमको जग्गा खरिद’ प्रकरणका विषयमा नागरिक दैनिकले अनुसन्धानात्मक रिपोर्टिङ गरी समाचार प्रकाशित गरेपछि विकसित घटनाक्रमप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । समाचारसँग असहमत पक्षले नागरिक दैनिक र समाचार लेख्ने पत्रकारबिरुद्ध मानहानी मुद्दा दायर गरी क्षतिपूर्तिको माग गरेका छन् । एउटा नागरिकको अदालतमा जाने अधिकारको महासंघ सम्मान गर्दछ । तर, घटनाक्रम विश्लेषण गर्दा यो मुद्दा नियोजित रुपमा भ्रष्टाचारको खुलासा गर्ने कामलाई निरुत्साहित गर्ने, पत्रकारिता क्षेत्रमा त्रास सिर्जना गर्ने र सञ्चारमाध्यम तथा पत्रकारलाई क्षतिपूर्तिका नाममा आर्थिक क्षति पुर्याउने मनसाय रहेको हुनसक्ने देखिन्छ । सम्मानित अदालतमा दर्ता भएको मुद्दाका बारेमा नेपालको प्रचलित कानुन, प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको विश्वव्यापी मान्यता र खोजी पत्रकारिताको मान्यतालाई सुरक्षित गर्ने गरी अदालतले फैसला गर्नेमा महासंघ विश्वस्त छ । प्रेस स्वतन्त्रता, पत्रकार आचारसंहिता र नेपाली पत्रकारिताको मौलिक चरित्रको जगमा उभिएर निर्भिकतापूर्वक खोजि पत्रकारितामा दृढतापूर्वक लागि रहन नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ सबै पत्रकारहरुलाई आह्वान गर्दछ । 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