As a job, journalists face many pressures with many being killed while doing their job. While some are killed in war situations, too many die because they are targeted by powerful forces in society. Just last week, three journalists were murdered in Pakistan. All had received death threats. Unfortunately a climate of impunity has developed in Pakistan where the perpetrators of these killings feel they are safe from prosecution. A delegation from the International Federation of Journalists is in Pakistan to investigate the issues that journalists in Pakistan face and to protest against the current climate of impunity.
As a job, journalists face many pressures with many being killed while doing their job. While some are killed in war situations, too many die because they are targeted by powerful forces in society. Just last week, three journalists were murdered in Pakistan. All had received death threats. Unfortunately a climate of impunity has developed in Pakistan where the perpetrators of these killings feel they are safe from prosecution. A delegation from the International Federation of Journalists is in Pakistan to investigate the issues that journalists in Pakistan face and to protest against the current climate of impunity.
