Index on Censorship » journalist beaten http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » journalist beaten http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Pakistan: Three journalists beaten by police http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/pakistan-journalists-beaten/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/pakistan-journalists-beaten/#comments Thu, 17 May 2012 15:48:35 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=36465 Three journalists have been beaten by police officers in northwest Pakistan. Sher Ali Khan from TV station News One, Siraj Ali of Geo News, and Shabir Ahmed from Pakhtunkhuwa News daily were targeted by police officers while trying to cover a demonstration in the Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province. As police attempted to disperse protesters with batons, the journalists began filming [...]

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]]> beaten by police officers in northwest Pakistan. Sher Ali Khan from TV station News One, Siraj Ali of Geo News, and Shabir Ahmed from Pakhtunkhuwa News daily were targeted by police officers while trying to cover a demonstration in the Charsadda district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhuwa province. As police attempted to disperse protesters with batons, the journalists began filming the clash. Police then turned on them, beating them and snatching their cameras in an attempt to destroy their footage. All three of the reporters sustained injuries from the attack, with Khan being admitted to hospital.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/05/pakistan-journalists-beaten/feed/ 0 Kashmir: Two photojournalists beaten and detained during protests http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/kashmir-two-photojournalists-beaten-and-detained-during-protests/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/08/kashmir-two-photojournalists-beaten-and-detained-during-protests/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:41:39 +0000 Sara Yasin http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=25985 On August 19, two photojournalists, Narciso Contreras and Showkat Shafi, said they were beaten by police and detained for several hours while covering a protest in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir. The protest, which was a demonstration against Indian rule, escalated into a violent clash between protesters and police forces. According to Shafi, officers continued [...]

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]]> they were beaten by police and detained for several hours while covering a protest in Srinagar, in Jammu and Kashmir. The protest, which was a demonstration against Indian rule, escalated into a violent clash between protesters and police forces. According to Shafi, officers continued to beat him, even after identifying himself as a journalist. Reports say both photojournalists were treated for multiple bruises in a local hospital.

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