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An upcoming conference on the safety of journalists aims to spotlight anti-media violence and the impunity of perpetrators in countries including Egypt, Brazil, Pakistan and Turkey.
Making the Protection of Journalists a Reality: Time to end Impunity will examine improved safety practices, but also explore ways to secure the co-operation of governments in regions where journalists are in danger.
The one-day symposium in London’s BBC Broadcasting House on 7 April is a collaboration between BBC Global News, the Centre for Freedom of the Media (CFOM) and the College of Journalism. It will bring together UK and foreign editors and broadcasters, international diplomatic and legal figures and representatives of NGOs.
In the first of our blog posts in the run up to the conference, Aamer Ahmed Khan assesses the specific threats to journalists in Pakistan:
While going through a period of extremely rapid growth over the past 15 years, Pakistani journalism has found itself getting increasingly hemmed in by three major factors:
