In many countries of the world, numerous restrictions are imposed on freedom of expression, including the rule of state-favoured channels, and silencing of those who speak against the government, if other important crimes including murder and kidnapping are also included, freedom of expression becomes a crime.
The job of a journalist is to convey the truth to the public. When journalists broadcast any news on their news channel or publish it in a newspaper, they are targeted for killing or kidnapping by criminals in order to convey the truth to the public.
Yesterday, former prime minister Imran Khan said in his Twitter message that journalist Imran Riaz has been imprisoned in a cage in which civilized countries do not allow even animals to be kept.
Imran Khan said that he suspects Imran Riaz might be given poison, all those people who are involved should die of shame. Instead of the locks of fear on people’s tongues, people’s anger is increasing against the tools of miscreants and guardians.
Undoubtedly, Imran Riaz Khan made several videos on his YouTube channel in support of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and also condemned the actions of the current government, but restrictions on journalists, extra-judicial arrests, and restrictions on freedom of expression are considered the right path for any government. Cannot be given.
If Imran Riaz was also spewing venom against the government, which was allegedly not true, then the government should have charged him directly under the relevant law, not arrested him extra-judicially, and imprisoned him.
In the recent past, the Saudi government was blamed on the international level for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which voices were also raised by Turkey, the United States, and other countries.
At the international level, Pakistan condemns India against restrictions on freedom of expression, extrajudicial arrests and non-grant of basic human rights and demands that the Occupied Kashmir issue is resolved in accordance with the United Nations resolutions.
Media is called the fourth pillar of the state. There is a need for those involved in illegal activities against journalists, including politicians, social leaders, and artists, to understand that freedom of expression is a fundamental right of every human being. Not a crime.
