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flag Human rights groups urge Pakistan’s PM to protect journalists amid rising threats, calling for reforms to suppress free speech.

flag International and domestic human rights groups have urged Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to address escalating threats against journalists, citing the 27th constitutional amendment and the creation of the Federal Constitutional Court as factors weakening judicial oversight and enabling attacks on media. flag They demand the release of detained reporters, including Sohrab Barkat, and call for an independent probe into the 2022 killing of journalist Arshad Sharif. flag The organizations condemn the use of PECA to silence journalists, oppose transnational repression and deportations of Afghan journalists, and urge repeal or major reform of PECA to protect press freedom and uphold international human rights standards.

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