Pakistan blocks Wikipedia for hurting Muslim sentiments

By Associated Press

Feb 07, 2023 1:13 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's media regulator said on Monday it blocked Wikipedia services in the South Asian country for hurting Muslim sentiment by not removing purportedly blasphemous content from the site, a move critics say is a blow to digital rights.

Under Pakistan's blasphemy laws, anyone found guilty of insulting Islam or its figures can be sentenced to death, although the country is yet to carry out such a sentence.

ACCESS NOT A SUCCESS A computer screen displays a notice blocking Wikipedia’s website through an online news site in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. AP PHOTO

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