Ending Impunity, Defending The Truth
Pakistan is one of the world’s deadliest countries for journalists. Between 2014 and 2024, at least 78 journalists were killed. In 2024 alone, 14 lost their lives. Most of their killers walk free. From 2012 to 2022, only two cases ended in convictions—both later overturned.
This is impunity. And it is eroding press freedom. Safe Journalism exists to change that.
Our Mission
We bring together media practitioners and civil society to pursue justice for murdered journalists in Pakistan. Guided by our distinguished roster of experts and partnering with press associations, rights groups, and government bodies, we work to strengthen investigations, demand accountability gaps, and ensure that those who silence journalists face justice.
Our Vision
Journalist murders are not just attacks on individuals – they are attacks on the public’s right to know. We envision a system where investigations are transparent, open to scrutiny, and informed by independent expertise. Our goal: a standing, authoritative body that brings professional, timely, and credible insight to every stage of the investigative process.
LATEST NEWS UPDATES
Call to reopen journalist Shan Dahar murder case
More than 12 years after the killing of Larkana-based journalist Shan Dahar, an investigative report on the case has renewed
‘Pakistani authorities have failed to fully bring to justice killers of 98 journalists since 1992’
Pakistani authorities have failed to fully bring to justice killers of at least 98 murdered journalists since 1992. Provincial and
Truth denied: How Pakistani authorities built an unsolvable case
On January 1, 2014, journalist Zakir Hussain Dahar, known as Shan Dahar, was hit with a gunshot to his back
A hunt at last for the killers
In Pakistan, where killers of journalists have been getting away with murder for decades, an international coalition of rights watchdogs,
TARGETING THE JOURNALISTS
The month before was worse — one of the deadliest for Pakistani journalists — with four fatalities, evenly spread over
‘If you scream no one will hear you’
CPJ’s impunity index lists countries where perpetrators who kill journalists for their work, an act which CPJ defines as “murder,” evade
LATEST NEWS UPDATES
Call to reopen journalist Shan Dahar murder case
More than 12 years after the killing of Larkana-based journalist Shan Dahar, an investigative report on the case has renewed
‘Pakistani authorities have failed to fully bring to justice killers of 98 journalists since 1992’
Pakistani authorities have failed to fully bring to justice killers of at least 98 murdered journalists since 1992. Provincial and
Truth denied: How Pakistani authorities built an unsolvable case
On January 1, 2014, journalist Zakir Hussain Dahar, known as Shan Dahar, was hit with a gunshot to his back
A hunt at last for the killers
In Pakistan, where killers of journalists have been getting away with murder for decades, an international coalition of rights watchdogs,