A quantitative research study on online gender-based harassment in Pakistan
Digital Rights Foundation
19 July 2018
This report will explore the laws and institutions that are in place within Pakistan to deal with issues of online violence against women.
Digital Rights Foundation
19 July 2018
The Cyber Harassment Helpline was launched after the successful completion of the Hamara Internet (translates as “Our Internet”) project, and based on its findings in the “Measuring Pakistani Women's Experience of Online Violence” report
Digital Rights Foundation
19 July 2018
Pakistan has been slow to recognize that violence, threats and harassment faced online by journalists reflects the violence they are exposed to offline. A nationwide survey of working journalists was conducted to ascertain their level of digital insecurity, to record their experiences and the protections they desired from the journalist community, their media organizations, and the government.
Digital Rights Foundation
2 February 2018
Internet Landscape of Pakistan is an indigenous effort to regularly monitor and document the ongoing trends and challenges that impact digital and human rights in the country. This is the third edition in the series.
Bytes for All (B4A)
20 December 2017
A teenager was arrested for allegedly “liking” a blasphemous post on Facebook in September 2016
Freedom House
16 November 2017
Digital Rights Foundation
19 July 2017
The country’s powerful military pressured media outlets and journalists to disseminate positive coverage of its operations against militant Islamist groups.
Freedom House
28 April 2017
Many journalists increasingly practice self-censorship, fearing retribution from security forces, military intelligence, and militant groups. Media outlets in 2016 remained under pressure to avoid reporting on or criticising human rights violations in counterterrorism operations. The Taliban and other armed groups threatened media outlets and targeted journalists and activists for their work.
Human Rights Watch
16 January 2017
Pakistan is among the countries that do not properly investigate and prosecute crimes against media professionals. Because of the near absolute level of impunity, most of the people who attack, injure or even murder media journalists in Pakistan remain free.
Pakistan Press Foundation
2 November 2016
This new report continues the documentation of the country’s internet landscape from a critical, human rights perspective.
Bytes for All
6 August 2016
Journalists with Pakistan’s largest private television network, Geo TV, and its affiliated outlets remained frequent targets of violence and intimidation.
Freedom House
23 April 2016
Two journalists and an accountant from Online International News Network shot dead by unidentified gunmen
Freedom House
31 October 2015
The Pakistani government has significantly expanded its communication interception activities. This Privacy International report covers the intelligence services plan to capture all IP-traffic in Pakistan and other initiatives, pointing to gaps in the laws governing surveillance.
Privacy International
22 July 2015
Ranked 142nd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
This report is a baseline, a rst step for encouraging further advocacy eorts on the issue. We urge both the government and the civil society to take the challenge of addressing privacy rights as a serious and urgent priority towards ensuring the civil liberties of the citizens.
Bytes for All
14 November 2014
Bytes for All
30 June 2014
"Education is not free of political indoctrination"
Freedom House
1 May 2014
"Upgraded censorship"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2014
"Five journalists killed in relation to their work"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
Ranked 158th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
1 February 2014
"Blasphemous" YouTube remains blocked
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Committee to Protect Journalists
23 May 2013
Pakistan Press Foundation
3 May 2013
Ranked 146th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
"Impunity in cases concerning murdered journalists remains the norm"
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Evidence ties spy agency to murder of 21 journalists between 1999 and 2006
Reporters Without Borders
2 May 2012