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Pakistan: Authorities continue to silence dissent with crackdown on Baloch and other activists, protesters and journalists
Published at
03.10.2024
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- travel ban
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- criminal defamation
- enforced disappearance
- prevention of protest
- killing of protestors
- torture/ill-treatment
- bureaucratic restriction
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted

Pakistan: Activists and journalists targeted, increased controls on online expression and crackdown on protests
Published at
14.05.2024
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- killing of journalist
- violent protest
- restrictive law
- censorship
- protestor(s) detained

Pakistan: New government continues blocking the internet and persecuting journalists and activists
Published at
25.03.2024
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- positive court ruling
- protest disruption
- women
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD killing
- excessive force
- protest
- torture/ill-treatment
- restrictive law
- censorship
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD prosecuted
- people with disabilities

Pakistan: Crackdown on the opposition, Baloch protesters and other civic freedoms ahead of elections
Published at
22.01.2024
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- protest disruption
- intimidation
- harassment
- HRD detained
- excessive force
- enforced disappearance
- torture/ill-treatment
- time,place restrictions
- censorship
- women
- minority groups
- attack on journalist
- internet restriction
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained
- HRD threatened
- HRD prosecuted
- hrd

Pakistan: Journalists and activists criminalised and abducted while government seeks more powers
Published at
11.08.2023
Country
Pakistan
Category
Latest Developments
Tags:
- intimidation
- harassment
- attack on journalist
- HRD detained
- protest
- enforced disappearance
- restrictive law
- journalist detained
- protestor(s) detained

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
- criminal defamation
- protest
- 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