Capital censorship
The Pakistani government has issued (via) a new ordinance that imposes the death penalty or life in prison for cyber crimes. But the text of the law is so vague that sending a simple e-mail might be construed as a crime.
Media and civil society organisations have criticised the new legislation - which was adopted in secret and is retroactive to 31 December 2007 - calling it another attack on freedom of expression and on freedom of the press.
According to Pakistan’s National Journalists’ Forum, “this law will negatively affect the right of the people to have access to information and their freedom of expression. The fact that it was adopted by an illegitimate government a month before the elections makes it another tool of censorship.”
Sunday 27 Jan 2008 | Paul | Pakistan
