(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) (New York) – Pakistani authorities should conduct a prompt and impartial investigation into the November 4, 2015 killing of journalist and rights monitor Zaman Mehsud, Human Rights Watch said today. Those responsible should be promptly and fairly prosecuted. The Taliban’s claim of responsibility for this latest killing of a journalist shows a cruel disregard for human life and free speech. Pakistan’s government needs to move to bring the perpetrators of attacks on journalists to justice if these crimes are to stop. Brad Adams Asia director Gunmen fatally shot Mehsud while he was riding his motorbike in the district of Tank in Pakistan’s northwestern...
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