MEDIA coverage on Balochistan continues to diminish or is suppressed

MEDIA coverage on Balochistan continues to diminish or is suppressed even as the human rights crisis deepens and violence expands in the province. Nothing of the socio-economic plight of the Baloch is being reported or analysed because Islamabad has successfully turned Balochistan into a black hole where retrieving news or information is concerned. Fewer news stories appear, largely because Islamabad refuses to permit access to seasoned journalists and human rights reporters. Relief workers have been terrified into silence. In recent months reports of the suspension of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and then the wrap-up of its mission in conflict-ridden Balochistan didn’t generate much debate in the media. The ICRC’s departure from the province will adversely effect whatever little — if anything at all — remains of human rights in the province.  READ MORE:  http://dawn.com/news/1037998/information-black-hole