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US Human Rights Report expresses concern over freedom of expression restriction in Pakistan
Pakistan saw ” serious restrictions on free expression, the press and the internet including violence against journalists, unjustified arrests and disappearances of journalists, censorship and site blocking […]” during 2020. This analysis of the situation of press freedom in Pakistan was presented as part of the US Department of State’s 2020 Country Report on Human Rights Practices…
A monument to the courage of Assange, Manning, Snowden
The exhibition Anything to Say?, a monument to the freedom of information and the courage of Assange, Manning and Snowden, is halting in Geneva Geneva (14 September 2015) The exhibition “Anything to Say? ” was inaugurated on Monday in Geneva on the Place des Nations in front of the UN headquarters. The bronze figures of…
HRCP concerned at rights defender’s disappearance
LAHORE: Four months after the disappearance of political worker and human rights defender Idris Khattak, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) remains greatly concerned as to his physical and mental well being. Allegedly, Mr Khattak was forcibly disappeared on Nov 13, 2019, by four plainclothes men on the Swabi motorway interchange in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa….
‘Press freedom predator’s gallery’: Pakistan strongly rebuts Reporters without Borders. Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday vehemently rejected an international media watchdog’s report that lists Prime Minister Imran Khan on a list of the world’s 37 worst rulers when it comes to press freedom. The Foreign Ministry said in a statement that It is quite surprising that RSF has jumped to the conclusion that media in Pakistan…
Pakistan urges world to monitor human rights situation in IIOJK
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office said that Pakistan remains fully committed to the promotion and protection of human rights and urged the international community to closely monitor the situation in the Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and also to urge India to respect its international obligations. Giving Pakistan’s reaction to the recent US State…
Pakistan Embassy rejects Human Rights Watch (HRW) claim about Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA)
WASHINGTON: A spokesperson of the Pakistani Embassy has brushed aside a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), a New York-based watchdog body, about Pakistani government plans to set up the Pakistan Media Development Authority (PMDA) though an ordnance, saying the claim was “factually incorrect.” “There is no plan to introduce the regulatory body through an…