Rights groups say the ban of YouTube channels in Pakistan is an attack on press freedom
The current government in Pakistan has been accused of cracking down on all forms of dissent and political opposition in the country by misusing state institutions.
Protests in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan demand the release of detained rights activists
Advocate Ehsaan Ali and several other activists of the Gilgit-Baltistan Awami Action Committee were arrested on Wednesday and charged with anti-state activities and hate speech.
Arrests of Baloch activists in Pakistan spark nationwide outrage
Three people were killed and over a dozen people, including the leaders of the BYC, were arrested in the state crackdown on protests demanding an end to forced disappearances.
Protests erupt against rising extrajudicial killings in Pakistan
Progressive and left movements in Pakistan are voicing alarm over the increasing collaboration between the state and extremist forces, which they say is undermining citizens’ rights to life and religious freedom
Security forces detain chief of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in crackdown on Balochistan rally
The rally was called by Mahrang Baloch-led Baloch Yakjehti Committee to demand the an end to enforced disappearances and human rights violations in Balochistan
Baloch protesters set seven-day ultimatum for Pakistani government
Families of Balochi victims of enforced disappearances have been on a sit-in protest for the past nine days after a 1,600-km-long march
Pakistan sets ultimatum for “illegal immigrants” to vacate the country
Pakistan’s caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti said that law enforcement agencies would be untilized to deport illegal immigrants who do not leave by November 1. After the deadline, their properties and businesses would be confiscated
Arrest of two Baloch students triggers protests in southwestern Pakistan
A suicide attack in Turbat on June 26, in which one police officer was killed, triggered a fresh wave of mass arrests of Baloch students in the region. The issue of enforced disappearances has been a major concern in Balochistan
Activists to appeal Pakistani Shariat Court’s scrapping of sections of 2018 transgender law
The ruling stated that a person cannot alter their gender based on their “innermost feeling” or “self-perceived identity” and must comply with the biological sex assigned to them at birth
There is a palpable sense of anger among people of Balochistan, says fact finding report
The latest report by Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) notes that there is no respite in rights abuse which has led to palpable sense of anger among the people of Balochistan
Court strikes down colonial-era sedition law in Pakistan
The petition to annul the law claimed that it had been “recklessly” used in the country to silence freedom of speech guaranteed in Article 19 of the constitution. The law has been used against a number of opposition leaders and members of social movements
Abduction of senior journalist widely condemned in Pakistan
Senior Pakistani journalist Matiullah Jan, known for his harsh criticism against the Pakistani military and the ruling dispensation headed by prime minister Imran Khan, was attacked by unidentified persons back in September 2017, as well
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