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| French journalists detained in Pakistan |
| 2003-12-18 |
| The journalists - reporter Mark Epstein and photographer Jean Paul Guilloteau of L’Express magazine - arrived Pakistan on December 7 on journalist visas which only allowed them to visit Karachi, the capital Islamabad and eastern city Lahore. Epstein and Guilloteau had not requested the necessary special permits for their trip to Quetta because their investigative reporting required discretion, Reporters Without Borders said. Another person was also reportedly arrested for giving them an interview, the organisation said. Police confiscated a computer and notebook from Epstein, and digital camera memory cards and videotapes from Guilloteau. Epstein won Diplomatic Press Prize in 2001 for a report he and his Pakistani assistant, Khawar Mehdi Rizvi, produced on Pakistan’s western tribal areas. A Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) official said the pair could face three years jail. "They will be put on trial. The maximum penalty in this case is three years," FIA deputy director Mohammad Malik said. |
| Posted by:seafarious |
| #7 just to look at another possibility, is it possible govt of Pakistan has things to hide in Quetta?? Reports recently that Taliban go about openly there, etc. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2003-12-18 1:09:54 PM |
| #6 With a name like Epstein, I'm surprised that reporter's still alive. |
| Posted by: Raj 2003-12-18 12:48:15 PM |
| #5 Paris Match is basically people press and some sensationalistic photos from the subject of the day. L'Express is the most pro-euro weekly paper in France. That makes it quite anti-American. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-12-18 12:42:42 PM |
| #4 Gee, I don't suppose we had anything to do with this? Naa, President Bush doesn't hold grudges. |
| Posted by: Matt 2003-12-18 12:27:30 PM |
| #3 Paris Match was the magazine whose photographers filmed the attack on the DHL plane. L'Express is the French newsweekly that ran a cover story on (George W. Bush) "The Man Who Ruined Our Year." |
| Posted by: seafarious 2003-12-18 12:21:35 PM |
| #2 Another instance of the Fifth Estate believing that laws and regulations are for the little people... |
| Posted by: Ptah 2003-12-18 12:17:58 PM |
| #1 They're not from the same "journal" that attached reporters to a Iraqi terrorist, are they? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2003-12-18 12:17:43 PM |