International News Safety Institute

10 May 2010

Ghulam Rasool Birhamani

Incident

Ghulam Rasool Birhamani

Cause of death

Torture

Details

Police found the body of journalist Ghulam Rasool Birhamani, 30, a reporter for the daily "Sindhu Hyderabad", at a deserted place two kilometres from Dadu.

Hospital officials said death was caused by fatal injuries to the head. There were torture marks on the body.

Ghulam Bhind, president of the Dadu Press Club, told the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) that Ghulam Rasool Birhamani had received threats from members of the Lashari tribe some days ago after he reported on the marriage of an underage girl from the tribe.

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