Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Freedom of Speech: Facebook users threatened by police in Indian-held Kashmir

Pakistan's Daily Times, reports the Coalition of Civil Society, a leading human rights group working in Indian-held Kashmir, has said that users of popular social networking website Facebook are being intimidated by police for uploading images of ongoing deadly protests in the state.

Young Kashmiris have been uploading photos and videos on social networking site Facebook and video-sharing sites like YouTube.

Coalition of Civil Society coordinator Khurram Parvez said some Facebook users had been asked to report to police stations as a consequence.