RSF and partner hail Pakistani law protecting journalists but call for improvements

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) and its partner, Freedom Network (FN), hail the adoption of a law protecting journalists by the legislative assembly in Sindh province, in southern Pakistan, but they propose essential improvements that should be incorporated into the law during its initial implementation phase. The essence of the new law, passed unanimously by the Sindh assembly on 28 May, is summed up in this key article: “No person or institution, whether private or public, shall engage in any act that

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