Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections

Reacting to reports that security forces used lethal force against protesters in Rawalakot, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the first day of the regional election, Isabelle Lassee, Amnesty International’s Acting Regional Director for South Asia, said: “The disturbing reports emerging from Rawalakot are consistent with the Pakistani authorities’ long history of unlawful violence against protesters in Jammu and Kashmir. A prompt, independent, and transparent investigation must be ordered into the security forces’ use of force against protesters. So long as an internet and mobile […] The post Pakistan: Authorities must lift communications blackout following reports of lethal force used against protesters amid elections appeared first on Amnesty International .