Online defamation in Pakistan now punishable by five years in prison

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a draconian amendment to Pakistan’s law combatting online disinformation that was issued quietly last weekend. If not struck down by the Supreme Court, it will provide the government and armed forces with a new mechanism for unrelenting censorship, RSF says.

As a result of an ordinance approved by the

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