Index on Censorship » journalist injured 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 injured http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Pakistan: Reporter injured in shoot out http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/pakistan-reporter-injured-in-shoot-out/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/pakistan-reporter-injured-in-shoot-out/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:35:25 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=30404 A TV journalist in Pakistan was shot and critically injured during a riot on Sunday. Ehsan Kohati, a senior reporter for the Waqt News TV channel was wounded in the chest and abdomen whilst reporting at a rally than turned violent in Karachi on November 27.  Kohati was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he remains in [...]

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]]> Pakistan was shot and critically injured during a riot on Sunday. Ehsan Kohati, a senior reporter for the Waqt News TV channel was wounded in the chest and abdomen whilst reporting at a rally than turned violent in Karachi on November 27.  Kohati was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he remains in a stable condition. Seven other people were injured and two were killed in the attack on a rally of Shiite Muslim mourners on the first day of the Islamic calendar month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/11/pakistan-reporter-injured-in-shoot-out/feed/ 0 Northern Ireland: Press Association photographer shot in the leg as Belfast violence erupts http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/northern-ireland-press-association-photographer-shot-in-the-leg-as-belfast-violence-erupts/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/northern-ireland-press-association-photographer-shot-in-the-leg-as-belfast-violence-erupts/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:15:19 +0000 Sarah Cox http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=24070 Press Association photographer Niall Carson, who was covering violence in east Belfast was shot in the leg during a riot on Monday night. Stones, fireworks, petrol bombs and improvised missiles have been thrown between rival groups of masked rioters. Carson was taken to Royal Victoria hospital where he is now said to be in a stable [...]

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]]> Niall Carson, who was covering violence in east Belfast was shot in the leg during a riot on Monday night. Stones, fireworks, petrol bombs and improvised missiles have been thrown between rival groups of masked rioters. Carson was taken to Royal Victoria hospital where he is now said to be in a stable condition.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/northern-ireland-press-association-photographer-shot-in-the-leg-as-belfast-violence-erupts/feed/ 0 Yemen: Journalists targeted as clashes continues http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/yemen-journalists-targeted-as-clashes-continues/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/yemen-journalists-targeted-as-clashes-continues/#comments Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:25:21 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=23300 Journalists and protesters in Sana’a are facing gunfire and sniper attacks as fighting in Yemen’s capital city intensifies. Private satellite broadcasting station, Suhail TV, was attacked by mortar fire earlier this week. Cameras, archives and computers were severely damaged and two camera operators were injured. One Suhail TV employee has claimed that a sympathetic senior [...]

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]]> Journalists and protesters in Sana’a are facing gunfire and sniper attacks as fighting in Yemen’s capital city intensifies. Private satellite broadcasting station, Suhail TV, was attacked by mortar fire earlier this week. Cameras, archives and computers were severely damaged and two camera operators were injured. One Suhail TV employee has claimed that a sympathetic senior military officer warned him that snipers have been ordered to kill employees of the station on sight. Clashes between anti-government protesters and troops loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh has claimed over 200 lives this week, according to reports.

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]]> http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/06/yemen-journalists-targeted-as-clashes-continues/feed/ 1 Pakistani reporter in critical condition after shooting http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/pakistani-reporter-in-critical-condition-after-shooting/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2011/04/pakistani-reporter-in-critical-condition-after-shooting/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:42:40 +0000 Intern http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=22427 A Pakistani journalist who worked for a local news channel was shot twice on 19 April. Naveed Kamal, 26, was attacked by two unidentified men when coming home from the offices of Metro One TV. Kamal is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital in Karachi. This is the third such attack [...]

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]]> Pakistani journalist who worked for a local news channel was shot twice on 19 April. Naveed Kamal, 26, was attacked by two unidentified men when coming home from the offices of Metro One TV. Kamal is currently in the Intensive Care Unit of a local hospital in Karachi. This is the third such attack on journalists in the city. The Karachi Union of Journalists have condemned the attack and called on the police to improve the safety and security of journalists.

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