Tag: freedom of speech

Freedom of expression being curtailed by ‘undeclared censorship’: Bilawal

--Says journalists under constant threat by ‘state and non-state actors’ --PPP chief says some use guns, other use religious texts to stifle free speech --Tells govt...

72 journalists murdered in Pakistan since 2002

KARACHI: Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the world for media persons, as it has already witnessed the murder of 72...

Abusing institutions not free speech: IHC

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Amir Farooq on Friday raised concerns over the kind of freedom of speech being exercised by experts on private...

Mnangagwa says freedom of speech indispensable in ‘new Zimbabwe’

HARARE: President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Friday that freedom of speech was an indispensable part of the "new Zimbabwe," criticizing earlier scenes where police...

Dastgir salutes courage of Pakistani journalists

Minister says media persons exercise freedom of speech at all cost ISLAMABAD: Minister for Defence and Foreign Affairs Khurram Dastgir on Monday saluted the courage...

University professors unite for free speech after alarming events

Professors concerned about cancellation of events at Habib University and LUMS; dismissal of politically active professor at PU; and questioning of Gomal University official...

Spain’s top court rejects rapper’s freedom of speech argument, upholds conviction

MADRID: Spain's Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a rapper who argued that his lyrics praising terror groups were protected by freedom of...

Govt not introducing any press laws: PCP

ISLAMABAD: A spokesperson of the Press Council of Pakistan (PCP) on Sunday termed news items which appeared in a section of print media regarding promulgation...