The coalition of social media tech giants and legal experts have alarmed that the new regulation will curb political dissent, harm privacy, and online business   High Asia Herald Report   Islamabad:  Human rights and media watchdogs as well as lawyers, citizens and a global technology coalition have hit out at government’s new measures to regulate social media platforms and …

The audience at the first Asma Jehangir memorial lecture organised by the HRCP at Islamabad Hotel on Tuesday. Credit: Asif Khan/hrcp HRCP announces Asma Jahangir Award for human rights defenders; resumes Nisar Osmani Award for courage in journalism, and I.A Rehman research grant in human rights   By Amir Khan  Islamabad: A veteran human rights defender has called for a …

Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, and her party supporters attend a protest march against the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and a new citizenship law, in Kolkata, India, December 16, 2019. Reuters/Rupak De Chowdhuri Fiction in time of fake news. Below is the text of the 2020 Clark Lecture in English Literature instituted by Trinity College, Cambridge. We …

Sedition seems to be the ‘crime’ of the times — even as the demand for the state to respect fundamental rights is growing increasingly louder, comments Dawn in its editorial piece on article 124-A  Pakistan Penal Code and its frequent use against dissenting views and protest for fundamental rights. “During the last few months alone, charges of sedition have been …

Patients are seen through a broken window of a cardiac hospital following an attack by lawyers on the premises in Lahore on December 11, 2019. At least three heart patients died after a group of lawyers attacked doctors at PIC. –AFP Over 50 senior advocates have written an open letter to PBC, seeking action against those involved in illegals acts …

  Activists take part in a demo demanding the revival of student unions, and batter education facilities, in Karachi on Nov 29:– AFP   Herald Report in a first, Sindh cabinet Monday approved a bill to lift the ban on the student unions in provincial educational institutes. The bill will be passed after consultation with all stakeholders. According to the …

KP Actions (in Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance 2019 is a disgraceful law that violates fundamental rights, principles of justice and undermines freedom, writes Barrister Khwaja Ahmad Hosain By Khwaja Ahmad Hosain The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Actions (in Aid of Civil Power) Ordinance 2019 was quietly promulgated on 5th August 2019. The secrecy is understandable. It is a disgraceful law which violates fundamental …

News Desk ISLAMABAD The PTI-led government’s plan to launch specialist media courts sparked a furious backlash on Wednesday from media organisations, politicians and human rights defenders who said the move was an attack on freedom of speech. Prime Minister Imran Khan’s special assistant for information and broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said late on Tuesday that cases against the media would …

Veteran legal expert and AWP founding president Abid Hassan Minto and ex-chairperson of HRCP I.A. Rehman have jointly filed the petition challenging SJC’s out-of-turn hearing of references against Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justic K.K. Agha   Herald Report A veteran legal expert and a human rights defender have approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan challenging the hearing of a …