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PAKISTAN: Civil Society Joint Statement Responding to Network Shutdowns and Platform Blocking
Index Number: ASA 33/7834/2024 The social media platform, X, formerly Twitter, was blocked in Pakistan on 17 February 2024 and has remained blocked since. This came a week after mobile services were shut down across the country on election day, 8 February 2024. Amnesty International is one of 28 civil society organizations that have signed a joint Weiterlesen
Pakistan: Extreme weather events exemplify the urgent need to operationalize the Loss and Damage Fund
Responding to the unexpected and deadly rains and snowfall in Pakistan which have resulted in the death of at least 45 people, including at least 27 children, Ann Harrison, Climate Justice Advisor at Amnesty International, said: “The recent extreme weather events exemplify the acute climate vulnerability that Pakistan faces as well as the lack of Weiterlesen
Pakistan: Election-day internet shutdown is a reckless attack on people’s rights
Following the internet shutdown in Pakistan as the country holds its general elections today, Livia Saccardi, Interim Deputy Director for South Asia at Amnesty International, said: “The decision to suspend telecommunications and mobile internet services on an election day is a blunt attack on the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. It is Weiterlesen
Pakistan: Amnesty International condemns harassment faced by Baloch protestors in Islamabad
The Government of Pakistan must guarantee the right to peaceful protest across the country, Amnesty International said today as the Baloch Long March protesters were forced to end their month-long sit-in protest in Islamabad following repeated harassment by the authorities. Hundreds of women in the Baloch Long March journeyed about a thousand miles from Turbat Weiterlesen