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– Responding to Pakistan's UN review: In conversation with Owais Aslam Ali and Matthew Redding (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News July 18, 2017

Pakistan was reviewed for the first time by the UN Human Rights Committee on 11 and 12 July. RIDH spoke to the Secretary General of the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF) and the Campaigns and Advocacy Coordinator at IFEX about the examination in regard to freedom of expression issues in the country.
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