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“Why is the government so scared of cockroaches? ...this dictatorial behaviour is opening the eyes of India’s youth.”

Instagram blocks a video on data centres on the order of the Indian Govt; Nepali press freedom erodes further; A "cockroach people's party" gets its social media blocked on...national security grounds?; A Baloch film student goes missing; Mohammad Hanif pens an open letter to Junaid Hafeez.

“...a chilling effect on digital expression and the shrinking of available spaces for democratic participation.”

India wants to amend its IT Rules for the worse; Pakistani journalists & the state of freedom of expression and the press.

“...sign a bond undertaking that they will not do anything that would ‘disturb peace’.”

Statement by Human Rights Orgs calls for Kashmiri journalist to be released immediately, unconditionally; Afghan Journalist Jailed for "Anti-Taliban Propaganda" is Released; Pakistani Authorities brutally crackdown on and jail Aurat Marchers.

"This regime is waging a relentless attack on dissent." The Pakistani state picks up, imprisons a visiting Canadian academic for social media posts.

Plus: Indian Police use AI to track, identify and expel minorities, Pakistani journalists in exile are tried in absentia & sentenced to life imprisonment.

“A direct assault on India’s secular fabric.” Why is India profiling mosques in Kashmir?

“Pushing Muslims to the wall and making them suspect is a security risk in itself. No security threat is bigger than the idea of secular India.”

Pakistan State Arrests, Sentences Human Rights Lawyers for Tweets.

"[their] only crime is that they consistently spoke up for victims of enforced disappearances and false blasphemy accusations."

Pakistan Buys Israeli Spyware. Again.

Pakistan can’t seem to get enough when it comes to spyware - once they start, they can’t stop. (Cue the Pringles jingle) Over the summer of 2025, A human rights lawyer situated in Pakistan’s Balochistan province – which has been subject to numerous internet shutdowns, and crackdowns on