Syed Mustajab Hassan
FOE Link or motive by PPF
ConfirmedCase Update Status
No legal action has been taken in this regard.
Summary of Case
"On May 9, 2023 Two journalists were manhandled by the Rawalpindi police for making videos of the raid of a local leader of PTI leader in Faizabad following arrest of former prime minister Imran Khan’s arrest. In Rawalpindi, Express News producer and social activist Syed Mustajab Hassan and Suno TV producer Muhammad Faizan Ashraf were manhandled by police when they started to make videos of police raiding the residence of a PTI leader Raja Nasir Mehfooz on the night of May 9, adding that they wanted to capture the incident. Speaking to PPF, Hassan said that police had attacked them in a misunderstanding and thought that they were PTI party workers. “They did not just physically torture us but also mentally and abused us. What was our fault? We were just making videos,” he said, adding that this was the first time he had experienced such brutality from police officials. “We showed them our office cards but they did not stop beating us,” Hassan shared with PPF, adding that they had informed the National Press Club as well as the relevant journalists’ union and organization and would also register a first information report (FIR)."
Category of Incident
Assault
ICCS Status
ICCS Divisions: 0201-Assaults and threats
ICCS Group: 02011-Assault
ICCS Class: N/A
ICCS Crime: Assaults and threats
Reported By
No media report available
Date of incident
9
Month
May
Year
2023
Name of affected person
Syed Mustajab Hassan
Other affected persons
Not other person affected
Name of affected organization
Express News
Other affected organizations
No other organization was affected
Action by
By the violent mob of workers of PTI.
City
Rawalpindi
Province
Punajb
Designation
Producer
Professional category
Journalist
Age of victim
30
Marital Status
SingleCompensation Details
Amount of compensation announced by government: No compensation announced
Date of compensation announcement by government: No compensation announced
Date of compensation paid by government: No compensation announced
Amount of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced
Date of compensation announced by others: No compensation announced
Date compensation paid by others: No compensation announced
FIR Details
Was FIR registered ?: No
Court Details
Was case investigated ?: No
Court where case was presented: Case is not in any court
Name of prosecuting lawyer: Case is not in any court
Date of first court hearing:
Date of last court hearing:
Status of court case: Case is not in any court
Journalist Union Status
PFUJ
Not required to contact
APNS
N/A
CPNE
N/A
PBA
N/A
Condemn Status
Colleague of victim
Not required to contact
Employer organization
Not required to contact
Press Club Status
Press club 1: Not required to contact
Press club 2: N/A
Press club 3: N/A