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Part memoir, part critique, Afsan Chowdhury’s sweeping reflection on Bangladeshi media interrogates power, censorship, and the digital age, urging readers to see journalism as a struggle over class ...
YouTube is considering blocking over two dozen Pakistani channels, including political and journalistic content, after ...
Recent abductions of a journalist and an activist have underscored Pakistan’s worsening rights conditions as the country’s security forces pressure the news media and human rights groups.
The two-hour discussion focuses largely on the history of censorship in Pakistan.
Pakistan's journalists have faced harassment and interference, pressure on media owners is common, and the government has taken to interrupting the distribution of news it dislikes.
In recent weeks, Pakistan has seen interviews of two high-profile Opposition leaders being taken off air, raising fears of growing censorship of media by the government. After former President ...
Islamabad, Pakistan – Media rights watchdogs have condemned the suspension of three Pakistani television news channels for airing an opposition leader’s press conference as “brazen ...
Pakistan’s media environment is under increasing control — but some journalists are fighting back.
The Pakistan Press Foundation said the media endured an "unprecedented level of imposed self-censorship" in 2018.
Censorship appears to be increasingly gripping Pakistani media as journalists, watchdogs, and media organizations blame attempts by the country’s powerful military to silence critics and prevent the ...