Islamabad, March 10 – The leadership of the Aurat March, members of civil society, and rights activists have criticized the Pakistani authorities for "harassing and threatening them, and forcing them to sign unreasonable affidavits," local media reported on Tuesday.Speaking at a press...
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Islamabad, February 24 – Five United Nations special rapporteurs have expressed concern over the criminal proceedings against human rights lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha in Pakistan, emphasizing that the charges against them could be used to suppress legal advocacy and...
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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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