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Blog by Pakistani journalist & documentary filmmaker Beena Sarwar

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  • Youth-led, social media-powered movement in Pakistan gains ground – despite media blackout

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    7 May, by beenasarwar
    When Scroll asked me to write something on the Pashtun movement sweeping through Pakistan, I thought it would be an easy assignment because I’ve been following the issue. But writing this piece was much more difficult and took a lot longer than I expected. Here’s my piece contextualising the (...)

  • Pakistani journalists protest growing censorship

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    18 April, by beenasarwar
    Over 100 Pakistani journalists, editors, columnists, media persons from across the media landscape in the country have endorsed this statement since it was initiated on 19 April, protesting against the ongoing curbs on freedom of expression in the country. It follows on the heels of a statement (...)

  • Censored: Babar Sattar’s article on the Pashtun peace movement; solidarity with academic Ammar Ali Jan and Geo TV

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    14 April, by beenasarwar
    “PTM could very well stand for Pakistan Tahafuz Movement, for peace is indivisible” Lawyer Babar Sattar writes an excellent weekly column in The News. This week column didn’t run because, as he tweeted, the media is banned from mentioning PTM, and Geo and the Jang Group (that publishes The News) (...)

  • Asma. A human rights giant, and more. My tribute in EPW

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    14 April, by beenasarwar
    Wrote this piece for the Economic and Political Weekly, published a couple of weeks ago. Unedited version here with additional links, photos and videos. Asma Jahangir, lawyer, human rights activist. Born 27 January 1952, Lahore; died: 11 February 2018, Lahore. Co-founder: AGHS law firm, 1980, (...)

  • Update on Hamid Ansari, Indian national “missing” in Pakistan

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    8 April, by beenasarwar
    Originally posted on Journeys to democracy: Hamid Ansari, 27, MBA, Rotarian from Mumbai… missing since Nov 2012 Update to case below: Hamid Ansari was produced in court, tried in a military court and awarded three years’ vigorous imprisonment starting from December 15, 2015. He has appealed to (...)

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