Pakistan has blocked access to Al Jazeera's website following its reporting on the recent elections and the human rights situation in Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
Blocking independent journalism is an attack on press freedom and the public's right to information. Censorship cannot replace transparency or accountability.
We urge @UNHumanRights@UNESCO@amnesty@hrw@RSF_inter@pressfreedom@CPJAsia@IFJGlobal and diplomatic missions to condemn this censorship and call for the immediate restoration of access to independent media.
#PressFreedom #MediaFreedom #RightsMovementAJK #kashmir #pakistan
🇵🇰 The Pakistani military has imposed a communications blackout as it conducts a violent siege aimed at crushing a movement for electoral reform in Azad Kashmir, the nominally self-governing political territory administered by Pakistan.
Local authorities and hospitals have not released an official count of civilians killed. Though Amnesty International estimated that at least 40 people had been killed, residents who spoke to Drop Site said the figure was a significant undercount.
Harris Qadeer, editor of the local newspaper Roznama Jeddojehad, told Drop Site that he had documented 89 deaths in Rawalakot and Mirpur as of July 28 through first-hand accounts of funerals and burials, as well as death records maintained by a civil society group leading the protests.
“45 people were killed before July 27, and a list of their names was compiled by consulting their family members. An additional 37 people were killed on July 27 and 28,” Qadeer said.
He added that paramilitary forces killed another 22 civilians on Monday and 13 more the following day.
The region has remained under curfew and a complete internet blackout since June 5, 2026. Food and medicine have been blocked from entering, while grocery stores have been prohibited from opening. Announcements broadcast from local mosque loudspeakers warn that anyone violating the curfew, including women and children, will be shot.
🔗 Read @AreebaFatimaa’s report for Drop Site News: State Killings in Pakistan as Kashmir Erupts in Protest
@Hsharma2712@AJEnglish It is tragic that even educated people like you consider bloodshed and violence in the name of religion to be acceptable. Look at how far the world has advanced! Above all else, one should first be a good human being a curse upon any religion that teaches one human being to hate
نہ نواز شریف لڑائی کے موڈ میں ہیں، نہ شہباز شریف اور فیلڈ مارشل میں کوئی دڑار ہے۔ محسن نقوی جذبات میں آ کر کچھ زیادہ ہی بول گئے۔ اب کہا جا رہا ہے کہ 6 مہینے کی ڈیڈ لائین دے دی گئی ہے۔ پوچھا تو جواب ملا آپ سے یہ بات سن رہے ہیں۔ کیا سنجیدہ معاملات پر ایسے ڈیڈ لائین دی جاتی ہیں؟
We have taken note of Al Jazeera’s selective reporting from handpicked polling stations in Muzaffarabad today. Through carefully chosen timings and scripted statements from selected individuals, the channel has sought to misrepresent the AJK elections and the voting process.
Such yellow journalism only confirms the agenda of external actors with vested interests who are attempting to delegitimise this electoral exercise and undermine the popular will of the people of Muzaffarabad and AJK, clearly demonstrated today in their rejection of anarchy and coercion.