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India: Democratic rights must be respected and protected in Jammu and Kashmir

Escalating conflict in India administered Jammu and Kashmir state led to a communication blackout and the curtailment of rights.

Education and peace activists hold signs on the streets of Peshawar, Pakistan, 24 February 2017, pxhere

Pakistan: Civil Society asks government to revisit its INGO registration policy

Pakistan has rejected the registration of more than a dozen international non-government organizations

Employees of an online marketplace company are seen at work in Karachi, Pakistan, 19 November 2015, ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan: Journalists and activists increasingly self-censor due to rampant surveillance

A new Bytes for All report warns about the “Dangers of Digital Surveillance”.

Pakistani youth watch a cricket match on a mobile phone in Islamabad, Pakistan, on 18 June 2017, FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP/Getty Images

Pakistan: Islamabad High Court declares network disconnections as illegal

The landmark ruling declared the network shutdown as illegal and a disproportionate response to security threats.

During a protest in Lahore, Pakistani members of civil society hold images of bloggers who have disappeared, 12 January 2017, Rana Sajid Hussain/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images

Cyber armies, enforced disappearances, and other Internet freedom threats in Pakistan

These threats are discussed in Bytes for All’s yearly publication known as the “Internet Landscape of Pakistan”.

26 year old Pakistani journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was kidnapped off the streets of Lahore in August 2015. , Facebook

The Pakistani government must release Zeenat Shahzadi from custody

Journalist Zeenat Shahzadi was recently recovered from a kidnapping. Rather than releasing her to her family, the Pakistani government is arbitrarily holding her in custody.

A woman buys the final issue of The Cambodia Daily newspaper at a store along a street in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, September 4, 2017. , REUTERS/Samrang Pring

Immediate action needed to end attacks on democracy in Cambodia

IFEX members join 55 NGOs in an open call to the international community to reconvene the Paris Peace Conference in light of its 26th anniversary and worsening attacks on democracy in Cambodia.

Ghana President elect Nana Akufo-Addo, of the New Patriotic Party, smiles on being declared the winner of the presidential election in Accra, Ghana, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016., Sunday Alamba / AP

Urgent Call on the Advancement of Citizens’ Access to Information in Ghana

34 NGOs call on the government of Ghana to ensure its citizens’ right to access to information.