ISLAMABAD: The blocking of Radio Pakistan’s live news streaming on Kashmir by Facebook is a “violation of basic human rights,” Special Assistant to the Prime Minister for Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said on Monday.
The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation-owned (PBC) radio said its streaming has been blocked by the social media giant for “raising voice against continued atrocities, curfew and military lockdown in Indian occupied Kashmir.”
According to Facebook, the broadcasts were against its “community standards on dangerous individuals and organizations.”
While talking to reporters in Islamabad, Awan said Pakistan had earlier protested such moves and will do so again.
Facebook has not only blocked Radio Pakistan’s live streaming but also removed some of its posts.
The radio on its website shared screenshots of the posts that had been taken down. They covered the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen leaders Burhan Wani and Zakir Musa in Indian-administered Kashmir.
In September, the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said that another social media giant, Twitter, had suspended over 300 accounts of Pakistani users over posts related to the ongoing crisis in disputed Kashmiri territory.
On Aug. 5, the Indian government scrapped Article 370 of the constitution, which granted the Indian-administered region of Kashmir a special autonomous status.
