Pakistan: journalists under pressure
This is a guest post by Matt Malone On 10 November, two journalists, Rab Nawaz Joya and Javed Chanwal Chandor were detained by police in the Okara district of the north-eastern province of Punjab....
View ArticleMuhammad and the fundamentalists
The scale of the internet censorship imposed in Pakistan is startling. The supposed sacrilege of depicting Muhammad is once more the trigger. The government there has blocked first Facebook and now...
View ArticleSalmaan Taseer assassinated for blasphemy stance
The dark forces of religious extremism have once again struck in Pakistan, with the assassination of Punjab governor Salmaan Taseer. Taseer was apparently killed by a guard, Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri....
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Index Index – International free speech roundup 23/01/13
A magazine editor in Thailand has been sentenced to 11 years in jail today (23 January) for insulting the monarchy. Somyot Prueksakasemsuk was found guilty of violating Thailand’s lese majeste laws,...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 14/02/13
A Bahraini teenager has been killed by security forces today (14 February) during demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the Bahrain revolution. Al Jazeeera reported the 16-year-old boy’s...
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Censoring Saint Valentine
On the eve of Valentines Day, the Pakistani government issued a staunch warning to its media to avoid reporting the “depraving, corrupting and injuring” holiday. It’s not banned in Pakistan, but...
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