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Lack of Diverse Media Ownership Leads to Censorship in Pakistan Says New Report

A spectrum of the findings of the collaborative research study, the Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) Pakistan . Screenshot from the MOM Website.

Prime Minister Khan has dismissed the ongoing censorship accusations as a “joke”.

Screenshot from YouTube Video by Naya Daur.

A series of tweets asked journalists to “Be responsible”

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was killed in Istanbul in October 2018. (Photo: Facebook/Mohammed Iqbal)

It is not enough to call for journalists not to be assassinated, imprisoned or exiled – these actions are symptoms of a more fundamental failure.

Ghulam Jeelani Qadri (Photo: Twitter/@KashmirActivist

“It was nearly midnight when police came to arrest Qadri sahib. No reasons were given before taking him away,” said his family.

Representational image (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

A day earlier, another man was arrested on sedition charges over his social media post about power cuts in the state.

(PC: Screengrab/@scribe_prashant)

Videos of the attack went viral on social media.

(PC: Screengrab/Facebook)

Nation Live editor Anshul Kaushik was arrested Monday night on the same charges as the channel head Ishika Singh and editor Anuj Shukla.

The journalist’s wife Jageesha Arora has filed a habeas corpus (bring the person) petition challenging the arrest of Prashant Kanojia.

Within a fortnight of PM Modi’s re-election, four journalists have been arrested and two others have been shot at.

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath

“This could have led to a possible law and order situation,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav Krishna said.

Credits: Media Ownership Monitor

Media Ownership Monitor: A new database that tells you who owns media in India.