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Protest Letters by PPF

Pakistan Press Foundation protests detention of six Palestinian journalists in West Bank

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over detention and violations against six Palestinian journalists in the West Bank by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF). According to information received from Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali […]


Pakistan Press Foundation protests imprisonment of journalists in Egypt

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over one-year imprisonment sentence given to reporter of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Newspaper, Samah Ibrahim and imprisonment of at least nine other journalists in Egypt. According to information received from Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), […]


Pakistan Press Foundation welcomes jail term to security guard for assaulting journalist in Uganda

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression welcomes 4-year imprisonment sentenced to a security guard for assaulting a Red Pepper journalist, Solomon Hamala in Uganda. Quoting the information from Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns arrests of journalists in China

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over the arrest and harassment of editor of an independent news website, Huang Qi and three citizen-journalists, who were the contributors to the site, in China. Quoting the information from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PPF Secretary General […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns imprisonment of Somali journalist in Ethiopia

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over the 27-year sentence imposed on veteran Somali journalist, Mohamed Aweys Mudey in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Quoting the information from National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns killing of two journalists in Iraq

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over killing of two journalists on 9 March, 2014 in Babel province of Iraq. Quoting the information from International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the Prime Minister of […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns trial of 20 journalists in Egypt

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over announcement of Egypt’s Public prosecutor about trial of 20 Al-Jazeera journalists on charges of terrorism and spreading false news. According to information received from International Press Institute (IPI), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns assault on former reporter in Bosnia & Herzegovina

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over a reported physical assault on former war-crimes reporter, Sinan Alic in Bosnia & Herzegovina. According to information received from International Press Institute (IPI), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the President of […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns disappearance of SL journalist & cartoonist

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over disappearance of Sri Lankan journalist and cartoonist Prageeth Ekneligoda since last four years. Quoting the information from International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the President of Democratic […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns physical assault on Palestinian journalist

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over physical assault on Palestinian cameraman of Al-Mahid TV, Amer Hijazi by Canadian Prime Minister Stephan Harper’s security guard in Bethlehem, a Palestinian city located in the central West Bank. Quoting the information from Palestinian Centre for […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns ban on Saudi newspaper in Iraq

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over ban on printing and distribution of Al-Sharq Al-Aswat, a Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily newspaper in Iraq. Quoting the information from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the Prime Minister […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns attack on photojournalist in Nigeria

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over attack on a photojournalist of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Callistus Ewelike on January 13, 2014 in Nyanya area of Abuja. Ewelike was assigned to the presidency as President Goodluck Jonathan’s media photographer. Quoting the […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns arson attack on Nepalese newspaper office

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over arson attack on the office of Tikapur Daily published in Dhangadhi city in far-western Nepal over publishing of a news about a road accident on the first day of 2014. Quoting the information from Freedom Forum, […]


Pakistan Press Foundation condemns attack on Argentinian press team

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Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), an independent non-governmental institution committed to promoting and defending freedom of expression is concerned over attack on Argentinian press team by the supporters of an official at Brazilian airport. Quoting the information from Foro de Periodismo Argentino (FOPEA), PPF Secretary General Owais Aslam Ali in a letter to the President of […]