Pakistan imposes new censorship mechanism under guise of protecting journalists

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the inclusion of an extremely vague section on conduct “obligations” in a law on protecting journalists that has just been passed by Pakistan’s federal parliament. Tantamount to censorship and intimidation, this section is unacceptable and must be withdrawn, RSF says.The devil is in the details.

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