Coverage of insecure events

Case Study for Reflection – Police injure 31 journalists covering demonstrations

In the capital Islamabad, one female reporter was dragged several metres by
her hair while two of her colleagues were beaten. Several cameraman had their
equipment destroyed. In Peshawar, a cameraman with Aaj TV, Khalilur Rehman,
needed hospital treatment after being beaten up by riot police.

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) said that several hospitals
refused to give injured journalists medical certificates in case they brought
complaints against the police.