CPJ calls on authorities in Pakistan to release local journalist
Media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday called on Pakistani authorities to release local journalist who has been jailed since April 2016.
Media watchdog Committee to Protect Journalists yesterday called on Pakistani authorities to release local journalist who has been jailed since April 2016.
According to reports, Husnain Raza, correspondent for Nawa-i-Waqt, one of Pakistan’s leading Urdu newspapers, was arrested by Punjab province police on April 25, 2016. Authorities charged him with disturbing public peace and tranquility and instigating people to terrorism.
A regional court tomorrow will hold another bail hearing in the case.
Steven Butler, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator said urged authorities to release the jailed journalist saying that “Hafiz Husnain Raza has been unjustly imprisoned for more than a year and a half in Pakistan, and we call on authorities to drop the charges against him.”
“Local authorities should not be able to imprison journalists just because they report on sensitive topics,” She added.
Source: CPJ + Reports 