We sent a letter to the Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Chaudary on the 5th of March'2012. We have not received a response from his office. A copy of the letter is...
Posted by | March 6, 2012
New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/03/technology/pakistan-builds-web-wall-out-in-the-open.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto Forbes: http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2012/03/02/pakistans-open-war-on-the-internet/ TIMES: http://www.time.com/time/quotes/0,26174,2108224,00.html Global Voices: http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/02/28/pakistan-fighting-the-great-firewall/ The News Tribe: http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/09/21/suspension-of-cellular-services-seems-useless/ Firewall Looming: http://speakforchange.org/firewall-looming-in-pakistan/ Business Recorder: http://www.brecorder.com/br-research/44:44/2346:building-the-countrys-great-firewall/?date=2012-03-06 The Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/20/pakistan-blocks-twitter-blasphemy-fears Hardnews: http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2012/05/5201 The Express Tribune: http://tribune.com.pk/story/421505/pta-called-out-for-protecting-those-in-corridors-of-power/ Global Voices: http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/13/human-rights-experts-pakistan-could-become-a-police-state-under-protection-ordinance/ Dawn: http://www.dawn.com/news/1108341/analysis-censoring-tweets-in-pakistan The Express...
Posted by | March 1, 2012
Efforts have been made by governments around the world, both authoritarian and democratic, to shut down Web sites, silence bloggers, filter out certain words or censor negative information.In order to highlight the...
Posted by | February 29, 2012
What would happen if a content filtration system such as the one The National ICT R&D Fund has advertised seeking proposals for were put in place? How would it affect the privacy...
Posted by | February 27, 2012
This article was originally published on Newsline's blog on May 8, 2011 Mass censorship? As the LHC considers to place a ban on Facebook (again), people wonder where the censorship...
Posted by | February 25, 2012
This interview was originally published in Newsline's June 2011 in its cover story section “When things are simmering, nobody wants to take a position” - Babar Sattar, Lawyer Babar Sattar...
Posted by | February 25, 2012
People certainly know how to push our buttons and get us to react in a way that is detrimental to ourselves. Yet again history is repeating itself. Someone puts up...
Posted by | February 25, 2012
For immediate release: Civil Society Against Blanket Ban of The Internet in Pakistan: Stop the Firewall This is in pursuance of our press release and letter issued on the 22nd...
Posted by | February 24, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sana Saleem CEO- Bolo Bhi Email: sana@bolobhi.org http://bolobhi.org Civil Society Demand Transparency From IT Ministry on Proposal for URL filtering and Blocking Press Release On Wednesday,...
