August 11, 2026 Global news, inspected.
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The coffins come free here with the story

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The coffins come free here with the story
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If you are new to journalism, you might need a coffin. Tell us, so we can send it to you in advance. These lines were conveyed to a reporter who could say he was from Kalat. Two phone calls came from numbers he didn’t recognise a year ago. The reporter used to cover human rights protests. He told people at work about the threats and they recommended he go to the police and file a formal complaint. Trying to be a journalist in Balochistan is one thing, having an active death wish is another. The Kalat reporter didn’t want to become Abdul Latif Baloch who had worked for daily Intekhab and Aaj TV until he was permanently stopped from working and breathing, in Mashkey, Awaran on May 24, 2025.…

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