Islamabad, Pakistan: Pakistan is one of the most dangerous places for journalists and conditions for scribes even more terrible because online harassment is widespread, hatred and physical violence.
Pakistan is ranked 145th out of 180 countries in RSF (reporter without border) 2020 world of press freedom index.
Freedom network, Watchdog Media, said that 33 journalists were killed for their work between 2013 and 2019 in Pakistan.
The report also revealed that journalists who work in print media are twice as a target of legal action than those who work in electronic media.
Women’s journalists are even more at risk of experiencing violence and threats because of strict patriarchal norms in Pakistan.
Large numbers face threats in the form of rape, physical violence and intimidation in public form reveal their personal data every day, Pakistani writer Mehmil Khalid wrote in Pakistan every day.
Journalists, citing cases of developing online intimidation, said that this can incite violence and lead to racial crimes, placing their safety at risk.
Experts say that considering the bad statistics of gender inequality in Pakistan, female journalists must work extra in the media field to obtain the position of high authority and standard wages compared to their male colleagues.
The women who spoke against the petting government and handling pandemic were highly targeted as revealed by female journalists who signed the petition against the government last year.
“We are prevented from training our rights to freedom of speech and participating in public discourse.
When we censor themselves, others are prevented from receiving information to form their views, which are violations of their rights based on article 19a,” said the journalists in report.
“In some cases, journalists have been locked from their social media accounts as a result of hacking efforts.” Media in Pakistan is very censored and every criticism of those who are in power or establishment, the euphemism used for the military is strong, preferred.
The journalist who criticized the establishment of facing threats from the military intelligence arm, content, and experienced various forms of harassment.