Posted by | August 14, 2012
Baluchistan: Access Should Not Be A Victim To National Security

For Immediate Release Karachi: We express strong reservations against the Balochistan Government's blockade of cellphone services in  the province, on Independence Day. Access to communication is a fundamental human right enshrined...

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Posted by | August 11, 2012
Stop Censoring To Protect Those in Power

For Immediate Release   August 11: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) should stop violating the constitution and judicial orders through its acts of indiscriminate and ad hoc blocking of online content. In...

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Posted by | August 11, 2012
Blocked, Denied, Censored: 15,756

For Immediate Release   Blocked, Denied, Censored: 15,756   Karachi: As an organization focused on policy making and implementation we urge the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) to make public the list...

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Posted by | June 20, 2012
PTA’s alleged persistent pursuit of a URL filtration and blocking system is not acceptable

For Immediate Release   PTA's  apparent persistent pursuit of a URL filtration and blocking system is not acceptable Contact: Sana Saleem – Bolo Bhi Email: sana@bolobhi.org Please note that this is an unconfirmed...

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Posted by | May 21, 2012
Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Need for dialogue, framework and transparency

Call to Action FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Farieha Aziz C.O.O. Bolo Bhi Email: farieha@bolobhi.org http://bolobhi.org   Internet Censorship in Pakistan: Need for dialogue, framework and transparency  Press Release On Sunday, May...

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Posted by | May 20, 2012
Twitter Banned in Pakistan

Once again, Internet users in Pakistan have been slapped with a ban. Early in the day on May 20, 2012, Twitter users in Pakistan started encountering problems logging into their...

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Posted by | April 30, 2012
Roundtable Discussion on Internet Policy & Law At LUMS

REPORT Lahore University of Management Sciences recently launched Research Initiative on Internet and Society. As a part of the Internet and Society, Bolo Bhi was invited to participate at the roundtable discussion on...

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Posted by | April 19, 2012
Constitutional Petition Accepted For  Fundamental Rights Online 

PRESS RELEASE On the 17th of April 2012, seven individuals, Awab Alvi, Sana Saleem, Faisal Kapadia, Nazim Haji, Naeem Sadiq, Noman Quadri and Ayesha Tammy Haq, through their advocates Haider...

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Posted by | April 10, 2012
We Support The Constitutional Petition for Protecting our Fundamental Rights Online

Cross Posting from Teeth Maestro   For quite sometime Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has been blocking websites in Pakistan on the instructions of the Government, or otherwise, other than in accordance with the...

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Posted by | April 4, 2012
Gilgit: Access Should Not Be A Victim To National Security

After a recent spate of sectarian violence broke out in Gilgit, Baltistan, the government imposed Section 144* as riot control. The sectarian violence in Gilgit has cost over 16 lives...

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