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Pakistani Court Says Internet Censorship Plan Is Unconstitutional
from the well-look-at-that dept
We recently wrote about Pakistan's attempts to build its own internet censorship regime, capable of blocking 50 million sites that the government doesn't like. However, a petition by civil rights groups has apparently resulted in a court ruling saying that such censorship is unconstitutional under the Pakistani constitution. Of course, from the writeup linked above (from Reporters Without Borders), it appears that there is at least some skepticism that the Pakistani government will obey its own court:
The high court’s ruling, if respected, would make it impossible for the government to introduce any nationwide website filtering system.Still, it's good to see courts around the globe pushing back on this desire to censor the internet.
While welcoming the ruling, which penalizes the lack of transparency in the PTA’s past website blocking, Reporters Without Borders calls for vigilance because the PTA could try to circumvent it by devising a constitutional procedure based on the anti-blasphemy law and national security provisions.
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The UK courts allowing censorship and the Pakistani court ruling censorship is unconstitutional. What kind of freakin' topsy turvy world is this?
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Good
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Well then. Thanks for reminding us that free speech cuts both ways.
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This just in...
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Censorship
I am baffled how American politicians do not see the parallel here.
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Pakistan is brewing to be the next Afghanistan.
But yeah, lets give their courts a cheer over internet policies.
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Pakistan is brewing to be the next Afghanistan.
But yeah, lets give their courts a cheer over internet policies.
Do you know what is the single best first step towards solving social and political problems? Making sure the people have a voice.
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Sad.
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Feel free to bash them about all you listed (and more which you didn't list), but that doesn't mean that no one should report on them doing something good here.
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Pakistan is brewing to be the next Afghanistan.
But yeah, lets give their courts a cheer over internet policies."
pakistan's judiciary is westernized and you can bet that the courts are more liberal than the population.
However, the constitution explicitly mandates legal discrimination against the Ahmadiyya sect, a provision the Supreme Court had no choice but to apply in a case challenging the constitutionality of the antiahmadiyya ordinance.
And apostasy from Islam is a capital offense, this is true, and apostates are frequently murdered without the perpetrators being punished.
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