Journalists, human rights groups slam Pakistan govt for ‘clampdown on free speech’ by amending cybercrime law

Islamabad [Pakistan], January 24 (ANI): Journalists, human rights organisations and even the human rights cell of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) which supported the passage of the bill in the National Assembly have criticised the federal government for passing the amendments to the cybercrime law without taking stakeholders on board, Dawn reported.

Slamming the Pakistan government for passing the amendments without taking stakeholders on board, journalists and rights bodies said the measures significantly curtail freedom of expression and criminalise dissent, Dawn reported.