Document #1339345

TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)

Criticism over closure of newspaper mounts

http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/asia/countrystories/pakistan/20010625.phtml

ecoi.net summary:
Closure of the Urdu-language daily newspaper 'Mohasib' described as "another black mark" on freedom of the press in the country/ 4 journalists arrested and charged under the blasphemy law last week
Country:
Pakistan
Source:
TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)
Original link:
http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN/asia/countrystories/pakistan/20010625.phtml
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
25 June 2001
Document ID:
1339345 (former ID 14894)

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