Pakistan - Malala Yousafzai book launch censored in Peshawar

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders regrets that the launch of 16-year-old blogger Malala Yousafzai's memoir “I am Malala” at Peshawar University's Area Study Centre in northwestern Pakistan on 28 January was cancelled as a result of pressure from local officials, who cited security reasons. “We deplore this politically-motivated manoeuvre, which violated freedom of information,” said Benjamin Ismaïl, the head of the Reporters Without Borders Asia-Pacific Desk. “Claiming an inability to protect the book (...)

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