Athens, March 13. Pakistan's strategy to silence opposition combines domestic authoritarianism with transnational repression. As the crackdown within the country intensifies through the arrest of journalists, censorship of media, and the violent dispersal of protests, the effort to target...
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Islamabad, February 26 – Several international press freedom and human rights organizations have written to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressing serious concerns about the continued deterioration of media freedom in Pakistan.In a joint letter, the Committee to Protect...
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New Delhi, February 22 – Pakistan has long been accused of using transnational repression to silence dissidents living abroad, with the frequency of such incidents rising since General Asim Munir took command of the army in November 2022, according to a media report.Several analysts and global...
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Islamabad, February 14 – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), have strongly condemned the use of legal harassment to prolong the detention of digital journalist and YouTube host Sohrab Barkat, and called for his...
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