Strengthening voices: freedom of expression with responsibility

What does it mean to speak freely while remaining responsible for the information we share? Across four cities in 2023, Freedom Gate Pakistan invited young people to explore that question through discussion, debate and practical media-literacy exercises.

A conversation across four cities

The series visited Lahore on 15–16 July, Karachi on 4–5 August, Hyderabad on 8–9 September and Sukkur on 14–15 October. Facilitators Anjbeen Soomro and Hawwa Fazal worked with university students and recent graduates on the relationship between expression, accountability and democratic participation.

Testing ideas through experience

Role plays, simulations and fact-checking challenges helped participants examine misinformation, narrative framing and their own assumptions. Group discussion encouraged them to listen across differences and consider the consequences of sharing information without checking it.

Carrying the learning forward

The original reports describe participants applying workshop themes in presentations and campus conversations. The series is preserved as part of Freedom Gate Pakistan’s legacy of youth civic education. Photographs from both archived versions of the report are brought together here.

In pictures

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