“I am Malala” is accused of being against Islam and the constitution, but some prominent Pakistanis see the censoring of the book in private schools as a loss to millions of children, writes Zofeen Ebrahim
As the Commonwealth leaders converge on Colombo, the UK must confront Rajapaksa on human rights abuses
The killing of the Pakistani Taliban’s leader finds resonance across the country where anger against drone strikes is high. Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Vietnam’s government keeps cultural activities from web comics to concerts under its watchful eye, for sex as much as sedition. Helen Clark reports
Just days before the United Nation’s led Internet Governance Forum in Indonesia, India, held its own – and first of its kind – conference on cyber governance and cyber security, Mahima Kaul writes
Pakistani journalists who report on the victimisation of Ahmadis, Christians or Hindus are likely to become victims themselves, writes Zofeen Ebrahim
Police in Lahore stopped an Ahmadi man from performing a ritual sacrifice because Pakistan does not recognise the community as Muslim, Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Pakistan’s move to ban access to a gay website reflects the conservative society’s inability to accept a “larger world view”, activists say, Zofeen Ebrahim writes
Government crackdowns on free expression in China and Egypt have shown disturbing similarities with repressive tactics used by the two regimes to silence dissent, Shahira Amin writes
Sindh province announced last week it would ban mobile messaging apps like Viber, Whatsapp and Skype for three months. Zofeen T. Ebrahim investigates the fallout
The regulation of social media in India has been a subject of great controversy, Mahima Kaul writes
Who will rid Pakistan of the west’s Weapons of Mass Surveillance, asks Sana Saleem
