CPJ urges Pakistan to free journalist held under cybercrime law

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has urged Pakistan to immediately release YouTube journalist Muhammad Bilal Ghauri, detained on September 6 under PECA cybercrime law for online commentary about a counterterrorism official's appointment. Ghauri was taken by the NCCIA from his Islamabad residence. CPJ called the detention a serious attack on press freedom.