Pakistan: Election-day internet shutdown is a reckless attack on people’s rights

By Amnesty International

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 […] The post Pakistan: Election-day internet shutdown is a reckless attack on people’s rights appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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