Tag: freedom of speech

In 2018, after being the victim of a kidnapping and assassination attempt in Pakistan, his home country, investigative journalist Taha ...

Indian politicians share a common trait--they have a short fuse. In other words, they are very touchy, and they dont ...

The spree of arrests on charges of sedition highlights the continuation of colonial measures to deal with rival voices. Fawad ...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called upon Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to immediately abandon the 'plans to enact' a defamation ...

The fourth pillar of democracy is under attack in Pakistan and it seems like no one is concerned about it. ...

In a series of tweets, Amnesty International LUMS Chapter told how they were ordered to 'drop' a guest they had ...

If anyone was under the impression that a shift in government also brought about a shift in the state of ...

The Asma Jahangir Conference 2022 was held at the Avari Hotel in Lahore. One of the sessions was on 'Reluctance ...

According to the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Pakistan is the fifth most dangerous country for journalists to practice their ...

Ever since their return, the Taliban in Afghanistan have imposed limitations of women. These have included curbing their access to ...

24-year-old Hadi Matar, who stabbed Salman Rushdie last week, has admitted that he did not expect the controversial author to ...

The kin of Booker Prize-winning author Salman Rushdie on Sunday said they were extremely relieved that he had been taken ...

All Pakistani citizens are given the right to freedom of speech and expression, while there are some limitations, such as ...

Raising important questions on the importance of freedom of speech, Supreme Court judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa asked whether criminalisation ...

Press Release The Parliamentarians Commission on Human Rights (PCHR) and the Peace & Justice Network in Islamabad, in collaboration with ...

Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has directed electronic media and private TV channels to refrain from airing content that ...

While condemning the recent suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals at the Karachi University, it is important to understand ...

A report by Pakistani media rights watchdog organisation Freedom Network revealed that at least 86 reported attacks against journalists and ...

Another petition was filed by four electronic and print media organisations challenging amendments made to the Prevention of Elect­ronic Crimes ...

The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has reportedly placed a ten-year ban on Olympic Gold Medallist Rashid-ul-Hasan after the athlete criticised ...

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) defended the agenda of the Asma Jehangir Conference ...