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 US Commission on International Religious Freedom
US Commission on International Religious Freedom
This country update from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) finds that in 2025 the Pakistani government continued to commit particularly severe violations of religious freedom through its enforcement of the blasphemy law and other discriminatory rules, including the anti-Ahmadiyya…
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