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Press Organizations Demand Justice for Murdered Pakistani Journalist Shaheena Shaheen Baloch

HeadlineSep 09, 2020

In Pakistan, press freedom groups are denouncing the recent killing of journalist and women’s rights activist Shaheena Shaheen Baloch. Baloch was reportedly shot twice by her husband, who then dropped her off at a hospital and fled. The Coalition for Women in Journalism is demanding an investigation. The organization’s founder said in a statement, “The state continues to do nothing about the violations women face in the country.”

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