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Pakistan intensified crackdown on media, opposition and civil society in 2
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pakistani authorities intensified their crackdown on media freedom, political opposition and civil society groups in 2025 by using vague and overbroad laws, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said in its World Report 2026.
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Pakistan secures negligible convictions in murder cases of journalists
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
There have been no convictions in 96pc of murder cases of journalists in Pakistan between 2012 and 2022 as crackdown on media personnel continues to persist in Pakistan, with no actions being taken.
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Taliban continues to repress media, bans foreign journalist from entering
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], October 20 (ANI): In a recent crackdown on the media, the Taliban banned a foreign journalist Stefanie Glinski from entering Afghanistan for her critical reporting on the war-torn country.
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Crackdown on media in Pakistan continues as Journalist shot dead in Shorko
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Punjab [Pakistan], August 28 (ANI): As media freedom in Pakistan continues to deteriorate, another senior journalist was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Saturday.
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In another repressive move Taliban blocks 23 Mn websites in Afghanistan
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 26 (ANI): The interim government of Afghanistan led by Taliban has blocked more than 23 million websites for displaying what it considers immoral content over the year since the Taliban took power in the country, Najibullah Haqqani, the minister of communicatio
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Amid crackdown on media outlets, Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang Ping-
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Hong Kong, January 3 (ANI): Hong Kong security chief Chris Tang Ping-keung took a vow to give his full support for regulations on fake news amid the crackdown on media outlets by the state authorities.
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Pakistan stepped up crackdown on media, failed to stem violence against wo
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], January 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch in its World Report 2021 said that Prime Minister Imran Khan-led Pakistan government intensified its crackdown on the media, political opponents and civil society in 2020, while failing to stem violence against women and minorities.
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