Javed Naseer Rind

Javed Naseer Rind
Born Javed Naseer Rind
Disappeared 10 September 2011
Mehmoodabad area, Hub city, Laseba district, Balochistan, Pakistan
Status found dead
Died 5 November 2011
Khuzdar, Central Balochistan, Pakistan
Body discovered Ghazgi Chowk
Nationality Pakistani
Other names Javid Naseer Rind, Javeed Nasir Rind
Ethnicity Baloch
Occupation Senior-sub editor & columnist
Employer Daily Tawar (Urdu language)
Movement Baloch National Movement

Javed Naseer Rind, also transliterated as Javed Nasir Rind, Javid Naseer Rind or Jawaid Naseer Rind, (died 5 November 2011) was abducted 10 September 2011 and his corpse was discovered 5 November 2011 in Balochistan, Pakistan.[1][2] Rind was an Urdu-language editor and columnist for the Daily Tawar and an active member of the Baloch National Movement and one of three journalists with the newspaper that were killed. His murder is an example of the "kill-and-dump method" of eliminating enemies, although the side committing the offence remains in dispute, and this method was used in similar cases in Balochistan, such as Lala Hameed Hayatan, Siddiq Eido and Ilyas Nazar.[3][4]

Early history

Javed Naseer Rind was an editor and columnist for the Urdu-language Daily Tawar, which is known as a pro-independence and anti-government newspaper that is based in Quetta.[3][4][5] Rind was an active member of the Baloch National Movement, as were other employees of the Daily Tawar, and he was a coordinator for his local.[3][6][7] A London-based source said that Rind had been fired and lost his position within the movement when he had been in communication with him while reporting on the UK trial of Hyrbyair Marri and Faiz Baluch on charges of terrorism.[6]

Death

Islamabad
Karachi
Khuzdar
Quetta
Places in Balochistan, Pakistan, where journalists have been killed. The red shaded area is Balochistan, one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Mentioned locations within Pakistan relative to the capital Islamabad and the largest city Karachi.

According to his nephew who was an eyewitness, Javed Naseer Rind was abducted by gunpoint and forcibly disappeared along with Rind's relative Abdul Samad Baloch near his home in Hub City, Lasbela District, Balochistan, Pakistan on 10 September 2011.[4] After his disappearance, Balochistan Union of Journalists requested government intervention.[8] His corpse was found 5 November 2011 near Ghazgi Chowk, Khuzdar, and his corpse had multiple bullet wounds, showed evidence of torture, and was found with a slip of paper identifying him as the journalist who had been previously kidnapped.[1][2] His corpse was then transported to the civil hospital in Khuzdar for an autopsy.[9]

Context

Balochistan is a resource rich region of Pakistan with an active separatist movement that has caused conflict between Pakistan and the people living within the region. The Balochistan conflict has created an unstable environment for journalists as they receive pressure from both the Pakistani government and nationalist groups about the coverage given to the other side.[10] Journalists are often the target of death threats.[11][12][13] By 2012, between 28 and 33 journalists were killed in Balochistan.[14][15] Rind is among the 22 journalists between 2008 and 2012 who have become casualties of the Balochistan conflict.[11] In 2010, Balochistan was considered the most dangerous place for journalists with six out of ninety seven deaths worldwide. In 2011, Rind's death pushed the count to over ten deaths with no investigations[8] Nationwide, he was one of 12 Pakistani journalists killed in 2011 and one of around 23 Pakistani journalists killed from the beginning of 2010 to the end of 2011.[16][17] Regionwide, he was one of 19 killed in 2011 in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India, according to the South Asian Free Media Association.[16]

Impact

Following Rind's death the Balochistan Union of Journalists has requested a high level committee be put together by the government to investigate his death as well as the death of numerous colleagues.[5]

The perpetrator of the kill-and-dump method is disputed with some sides suggesting that it is Pakistan security and other sides claiming it is the Baloch Armed Defence Army.[12][18]

Reactions

In Pakistan, the Baluchistan Union of Journalists issued a condemnation after his abduction.[5][8] A spokesperson for Committee to Protect Journalists joined with the Balochistan Union of Journalists and called for Rind's journalism to be investigated as motive for the abduction.[7][15]

Reporters Without Borders and International Federation of Journalists have also spoken out against Rind's death.[6][19] A spokesperson for IFJ said, "Authorities must act swiftly to end this cycle of violence and impunity in what is statistically one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist."[19]

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists is educating journalists about how to react when they receive threats and the support they can get as a result.[17]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Journalist found shot dead in Hub". Dawn.com. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 zafar, mohammad (6 November 2011). "Bullet-riddled body of journalist found in Khuzdar". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 Green, Matthew (24 September 2013). "Special Report: The struggle Pakistan does not want reported". Reuters. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Akbar, Malik Siraj (September 2011). "Baloch Journalist Javid Naseer Rind Kidnapped". The Baloch Hal (Pakistan). p. 2. Retrieved 3/12/12. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  5. 1 2 3 Javed Naseer Rind. "Javed Naseer Rind – Journalists Killed – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  6. 1 2 3 Mustikhan, Ahmar (10 November 2011). "Baloch publisher says executed journalist lost his job after contacting him". examiner.com.
  7. 1 2 In Pakistan, missing journalist found dead (7 November 2011). "In Pakistan, missing journalist found dead – Committee to Protect Journalists". Cpj.org. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 "Abducted Journalist Javed Naseer Rind's Body Found". Newsblaze.com. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  9. ↑ Malik Siraj Akbar (5 November 2011). "Disappeared Baloch Journalist's Bullet-riddled body found in Khuzdar". Baloch Hal News (Balochistan). Baloch Hal News. p. 1. Retrieved 3/12/12. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  10. ↑ Talpur, Mir Mohammad Ali (8 September 2013). "COMMENT : Truth invites IRE". Daily Times. p. 2. Retrieved 3/12/12. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  11. 1 2 "22 Balochistan journalists killed in four years". Dawn (Pakistan). 9 July 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  12. 1 2 Bob Dietz (21 February 2012). "Threats and Menace: Pakistan's war on words". Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ. p. 4. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
  13. ↑ Laibaah (5 November 2011). "Javid Naseer Rind". Critical PPP (Balochistan). p. 11. Retrieved 3/12/12. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  14. ↑ "Journalists demand more protection from authorities". The Peninsula (Qatar). 29 January 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  15. 1 2 Akbar Notezai, Muhammad (23 July 2013). "To be a journalist in Balochistan". Daily Times. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  16. 1 2 Junaidi, Ikram (31 December 2011). "2011 saw 12 journalists killed in Pakistan". Dawn (Pakistan). Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  17. 1 2 Yousuf, Amin (31 December 2011). "Journalists of Pakistan face constant danger: 2011 over view". Official News (Pakistan). General Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. pp. 4, 6. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
  18. ↑ "Bullet-riddled body of missing journalist found in Balochistan – Reporters Without Borders". En.rsf.org. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  19. 1 2 "IFJ Global – Abducted Journalist Found Dead, Tortured in Balochistan". IFJ.org. Retrieved 2 October 2013.

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