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Media remains restricted despite slight ranking improvement
- Published at
- 30.06.2023
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive CS development

Pakistan: Authorities bring terrorism charges against protesters, arrest the opposition and target the media
- Published at
- 24.05.2023
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- internet restriction
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

Authorities in Pakistan continue harassment of journalists, persecution of activists and stifling of protests
- Published at
- 31.12.2022
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- minority groups
- harassment
- excessive force
- protest
- criminal defamation
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Journalists and critics continue to be targeted despite political transition in Pakistan
- Published at
- 16.08.2022
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- protestor(s) detained

Pakistani journalists, activists remain at risk while new restrictions against online dissent passed
- Published at
- 03.03.2022
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD killing
- public vilification
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- women
- HRD prosecuted

Civil society slams harassment of journalists, proposed media law, stifling of protests in Pakistan
- Published at
- 28.09.2021
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- prevention of protest
- journalist detained
- protest disruption
- women
- HRD detained
- labour rights
- excessive force
- protest
- enforced disappearance

Unrelenting assault on the media and other civic freedoms in Pakistan
- Published at
- 01.07.2021
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- minority groups
- censorship
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- torture/ill-treatment
- HRD prosecuted

Attacks on Aurat March, minorities and critics highlight shrinking space for dissent in Pakistan
- Published at
- 02.04.2021
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- torture/ill-treatment
- intimidation
- harassment
- public vilification
- restrictive law
- HRD detained
- LGBTI
- women
- prevention of protest
- minority groups
- protest

Targeting of human rights defenders and enforced disappearances in Pakistan continue
- Published at
- 14.12.2020
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- enforced disappearance
- harassment
- HRD prosecuted

Activists and journalists facing harassment, being forcibly disappeared or killed in Pakistan
- Published at
- 21.08.2020
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- HRD detained
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- torture/ill-treatment
- women
- attack on journalist
- journalist detained

Pashtun activists targeted amid pandemic while press increasingly muzzled in Pakistan
- Published at
- 12.05.2020
- Country
- Pakistan
- Category
- Latest Developments
Tags:
- minority groups
- harassment
- journalist detained
- HRD killing
- protest
- political interference
- protest disruption
- women
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained