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Online speech and its consequences in Pakistan, 2016 to present

Reports

What rights monitors report on Pakistan

Reports, press releases and PDFs on digital rights, human rights and internet freedom in Pakistan since 2016, from eight international and Pakistani organisations. Each one opens a page with a 400-500 word summary and a link to the full report. The list is updated every week.

1 report from Amnesty International

  1. Amnesty International

    "As Good as Dead": The Impact of the Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan

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    Amnesty International's report (index ASA 33/5136/2016) examines how Pakistan's blasphemy laws violate human rights, both in what they say and in how they are applied, by the state and by private individuals. It concludes that the laws are broadly worded and open…

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Summaries are drawn automatically from each report's own text: the sentences are the organisation's words, chosen to represent the report, not a rewording. Where an editor wrote the summary, the report's page says so. Silenced is not affiliated with any of these organisations; always read the full report before quoting it.