NYC EVENT: Emergency in Pakistan: Formulating an International Response @ Columbia Univ School of Journalism

Emergency in Pakistan: Formulating an International Response

Location: Columbia School of Journalism, Rm 601C

The current political crisis in Pakistan will be discussed including the
suspension of civil liberties, judicial purges, media blackout, and arrests
of over 2,000 lawyers, students, human rights activists and academics. The
focus will be on the challenges facing journalists in Pakistan in particular
and how international civil and human rights actors can formulate an
effective response to the situation.

Speakers:

Robert Templer
Director of Asia Program, International Crisis Group NYC

Sami Abrahim
GEO TV NY Correspondent (Pakistan’s premier news channel which has been off
the air since the imposition of emergency)

Kiran Khalid
Freelance broadcast journalist and documentary filmmaker of “We Are Not
Free,” about media censorship in Pakistan.