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Amnesty International raises alarm over detention of Islamabad-based journ
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Taking to social media platform X, the organisation stated, "Sohrab Barkat, a journalist, was detained by Pakistani authorities last month for alleged criticism of state institutions online. Since then, he has been implicated in three separate cases under Pakistan's cybercrime law"
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Pakistan using transnational repression to target diaspora, says rights ad
Updated : 5 months ago IST
Mehlaqa Samdani, executive director of the Community Alliance for Peace and Justice, highlighted Pakistan's use of transnational repression to intimidate critics abroad, citing threats against her and other Pakistani-Americans, and urged the US to act to protect diaspora communities and demo
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HRCP calls for repeal of PECA 2025, slams crackdown on free speech and dig
Updated : 11 months, 4 weeks ago IST
A new HRCP report criticises Pakistan's amended cybercrime law (PECA 2025) for threatening free speech. It calls for its repeal, citing vague terms, harsh penalties, and excessive government control. Journalists and activists urge civil society to unite and protect constitutional freedoms, a
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Journalists, human rights groups slam Pakistan govt for 'clampdown on free
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Journalists and digital rights advocates have said that the measures significantly curtail freedom of expression and criminalize dissent.
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Cybercrime conviction rate in Pakistan stands below 5 per cent over five y
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan's cybercrime conviction rate has remained alarmingly low, at just 3.16 per cent over the past five years, with only 222 convictions out of over 7,000 arrests. Despite over 639,000 complaints filed with the FIA's cybercrime cell since 2020, challenges such as limited capacity, public
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Protest in PoGB against misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws; call
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
In Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), the Awami Action Committee held a protest rally on Monday against the misuse of anti-terrorism and cybercrime laws. They argued that these laws are being used by the government to suppress dissent and silence voices opposing injustices in the reg
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Imran Khan govt faces backlash over new draconian cybercrime law
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], February 22 (ANI): Imran Khan-led Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government is facing heavy criticism from the opposition, journalists and judiciary alike over the recent amendments to the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act (PECA), 2016.
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Internet freedom in Pakistan declined dramatically in 2020: Report
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan] April 29 (ANI): Internet freedom in Pakistan has declined dramatically in 2020 as Prime Minister Imran Khan-led government has increased blocking political, social and cultural websites, as well as increased "weaponisation of the cybercrime law as a tool", according to a
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Netflix pulls Hasan Minhaj's Patriot Act episode over cybercrime law viola
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
California [United States], January 2 (ANI): In one of the first instances of coming across government requests to take down content, Netflix had to pull the second episode of Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj in Saudi Arabia after the government found the content in violation with the cybercrim
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Imran accuses Sharif govt. of harassing PTI's social media activists
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 18 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has accused Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif led-PML-N government of abusing the cybercrime law to victimise PTI's social media activists.
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Imran warns Pak Govt. against using cybercrime law to target PTI
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 15 (ANI): Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan has warned the government against using the cybercrime law against political opponents.
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