Amnesty International urges restoration of X as ban enters 29th day

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Amnesty International has called for the immediate restoration of social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) 29 days after the government blocked access to it.

In a post on X, the human rights group said it has signed a joint statement with 28 other civil society organisations for the restoration of X and has urged “Pakistani authorities to uphold the rights to freedom of expression and access to information under the country’s international human rights commitments.”

The full statement can be found here.

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