The release of CBC correspondent Mellissa Fung, who had been abducted by a criminal gang in Afghanistan, is the focus of a few stories today. The Associated Press has coverage of her month-long ordeal, and that piece has been picked up by various papers including The Boston Globe and The Baltimore Sun.
The Web site BlogHer has a posting on the recent rise in journalist kidnappings in Afghanistan and questioned the procedure of a “media blackout” during such abductions. CPJ noted the release of another journalist, Dutch reporter Joanie de Rijke, who was released on November 7, a few days before Fung.
There are reports out of Pakistan that a journalist was killed late Saturday night by security forces at a military checkpoint. The BBC and Monsters and Critics have coverage of the death of Qari Mohammad Shoaib, a reporter for the Khabar Kar daily, who was shot when he failed to identify himself, according to a Pakistani official.