Posted by | June 28, 2013
Call for Participation: Digital Security Workshop in Lahore

  Digital Rights Foundation and Bolo Bhi are pleased to announce a day long digital security training being organized in partnership with Shirkat Gah. Journalists, bloggers, writers, human rights defenders...

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Posted by | June 26, 2013
Tracking Laws: Freedom Of Information Act

  1/1/1990 Tabling of Freedom of Information Bill as a Private Bill The dismal state of governance in Pakistan can largely be attributed to the lack of freedom of information,...

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Posted by | June 25, 2013
Tracking Laws: Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace Act

  January 21, 2010 Senate Passes Bill Against Harassment Of Women At Workplace The Senate passed a bill to further amend the Pakistan Penal Code 1860 and the Code of...

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Posted by | June 24, 2013
Tracking Laws: Anti-domestic Violence Act

  February 16th 2006 Domestic Violence In Pakistan: Legislation Still Pending The proposed bill, ‘The Prevention of Domestic Violence Bill, 2005’ is meant to rectify current shortcomings in the law...

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Posted by | June 21, 2013
Pakistan: Content Filtration Over The Years

Content Filtering Timeline   2006- PTA blocks more than a 1000 websites due to SC ruling on blocking of “blasphemous” websites, however more than pornographic or offensive content websites were...

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Posted by | June 20, 2013
The Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Act (Criminal Law Amendment)

  Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Act (Criminal Law Amendment) March 2, 2005 Pakistan Rejects Pro-Women Bill Women's rights groups want strict legislation against honour killings. The Pakistan government has allied with...

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Posted by | June 20, 2013
Timeline: The Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Act (Criminal Law Amendment)

  Prevention of Anti-Women Practices Act (Criminal Law Amendment) March 2, 2005 Pakistan Rejects Pro-Women Bill Women's rights groups want strict legislation against honour killings. The Pakistan government has allied with...

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Posted by | June 20, 2013
Stop Censoring: Netsweeper In Pakistan?

20/6/2013:  A recent report by Toronto-based independent research group, Citizen Lab, maintains that Netsweeper filtering products have been installed on Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL)’s network. This is an extremely...

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Posted by | June 19, 2013
Tracking Laws: Acid Control and Crime Prevention Bill

Trigger Warning: The Post Contains Graphic Images. Please scroll down for timeline in text.      January 5, 2010 - Pakistan's Acid Attack Victims Pin Hope On New Laws A...

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Posted by | June 19, 2013
Dear NSA, We Have Rights Too, Pakistan

This week we joined human rights groups from around the world  urging Congress to  investigate & dismantle  the United States' National Security Agency's communication surveillance program and prevent the creation of global Internet...

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