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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Posted by | June 18, 2013
In School, In Class: Sub-tweeting Abuse

The writer is a high-school student & has requested anonymity  There’s a plethora of social networking sites, many of which are actively used by the teenagers that make up my...

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Posted by | June 11, 2013
Pakistan: Civil Society Condemns NSA Surveillance & Data Collection

We the undersigned strongly condemn the collection and surveillance of Pakistani citizens’ online communications and activities by the Government of the United States of America under its National Security Agency’s...

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Posted by | June 10, 2013
Civil Society Statement to the Human Rights Council on the impact of State Surveillance on Human Rights addressing the PRISM/NSA case

We express strong concern over recent revelations of surveillance of internet and telephone communications of US and non-US nationals by the government of the United States of America and the...

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Posted by | June 8, 2013
Call For Participation: Digital Security Workshop In Peshawar

Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) and Bolo Bhi are happy to announce a one day Training of Trainers on Digital Security and Privacy for Women Human Rights Defenders, Activists, journalists and...

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Posted by | June 7, 2013
Please appoint an adept Federal IT Minister

June 7, 2013: As parliament takes shape and ministries are awarded, we urge the government to be cognizant of the need for a full-time, Federal Minister for Information and Technology...

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