Punish perpetrators in Pearl slaying: CPJ
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 19 March 2013
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The Committee to Protect Journalists urges Pakistani authorities to prosecute those involved in the murder of Daniel Pearl. This call comes after the arrest of a suspect linked to the case.Summary
NEW YORK: Bob Dietz, Asia Program Coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists says that as with every journalist murder, any and all perpetrators in the slaying of Daniel Pearl must be prosecuted and punished.
He said this in a post on the CPJ website after Pakistan authorities announced they had apprehended a militant allegedly involved in the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi.
"In order to curb growing impunity in Pakistan, it is imperative that authorities send the strongest possible signal that acts of anti-press violence will not go unpunished."
The Pakistan Rangers said they detained Qari Abdul Hayee, popularly known as Asadullah, on Sunday during a raid on an unspecified location in Karachi, according to a Rangers spokesman, reports said.
Hayee was linked in the planning and carrying out of Pearl's kidnapping and murder, but was never charged, reports said.
KEY POINTS:
- Bob Dietz emphasizes prosecuting perpetrators of journalist murders.
- Qari Abdul Hayee arrested, suspected in planning Daniel Pearl's murder.
- CPJ warns of growing impunity for anti-press violence in Pakistan.
- Pakistan authorities are urged to send a strong message against such violence.
- Hayee was previously uncharged despite links to Pearl's kidnapping.
