Online speech and its consequences in Pakistan, 2016 to present
Reports
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 Freedom House
Freedom House
Freedom House's annual survey of internet freedom rates Pakistan "Not Free", with a score of 27 out of 100, unchanged from the previous edition. The 2025 report covers the period from June 1, 2024 to May 31, 2025 and, like the other…
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.
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