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.
The US Department of State's annual human rights report on Pakistan, prepared by its Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, covers 2023. It states that there were no significant changes in the human rights situation during the year and lists credible…
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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.