Shia killing watchdog site apparently banned

[Roybot]

A website which acts as watchdog for murder of Shias, motivated by sectarian differences, Shiakilling.com, was apparently blocked on Saturday night.

Visitors were greeted with a “this webpage is not available” sign as they tried to access the site. Many people from Pakistan on the social media site twitter protested against the forced inability to access the web page. Some blamed Pakistan Telecommunication Authority for instituting a politically motivated ban, however this could not be confirmed independently.

The site came back online briefly, before visitors started getting the aforementioned notice again. The block comes Saturday night, almost a week after the regulatory body had blocked the official website of the Ahmadiyya community, which was ‘unblocked’ later.

Episodes of violence against Shia Muslims in Pakistan have been on the rise recently, particularly target killing of community members in Karachi and Hazaras in Balochistan.

Some on twitter protesting against the apparent ban wrote under the trend hashtag #DontBanShiaKillingWebsite:

Abdul Nishapuri‏@AbdulNishapuri
Don’t waste your tweets in support ofhttp://ShiaKilling.com . Use this hashtag to build a campaign: ‪#DontBanShiaKillingWebsite Please RT

Darvesh‏@Darveshh
The most updated portal that provides report on Shia killing in Pakistan,Shia Killing | Urdu , has been banned.‪#DontBanShiaKillingWebsite

Ali Salman Alvi‏@alisalmanalvi
In a hideous move PTA has banhttp://Shiakilling.com . Instead of stopping Shia Killings they are suppressing the voices against Shia Killings.

Shia killing watchdog site apparently banned – The Express Tribune

 

[seekers]

this page at facebook has been banned in the past.
but it would not hide the faces of butchers lj( lanti jhangvi)

 

[BelligerentPacifist]

Why should people who ritually inflict pain to themselves complain when others join in the fray?

*Just a question of philosophical interest, I'm shii of neither hizb.

 

[gamma]

Why should people who ritually inflict pain to themselves complain when others join in the fray?

*Just a question of philosophical interest, I'm shii of neither hizb.

 

[BLACKEAGLE]

We should all distance ourselves from those butchers, no sane person could ever agree with killing innocent people.

 

[SHAMK9]

After Rehman Malik's efforts, Shia website unblocked
ISLAMABAD: The Shia website which acts as a watch dog on sectarian murders in the country and had been banned last week, was made accessible early Thursday morning after Adviser to the Prime Minister on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to take legal action against those who posted objectionable material on the website.
Issuing directions, Malik warned all such elements to “remove objectionable material from the web pages immediately.”
He further directed the FIA Director General to submit a report in this regard after taking “necessary cognizance to such offence.”
Later in the evening, Malik tweeted from his verified account that in a communique, it had been “confirmed that my efforts have worked and the said web page(pakshia.com) has been unblocked.”
Three hours after that tweet, the website was accessible once again.
The watchdog website Shiakilling.com was banned Saturday, almost a week after the regulatory body had blocked the official website of the Ahmadiyya community, which was unblocked later. The website kept track of murders of Shia community members, motivated by sectarian differences.
Visitors were greeted with a “this webpage is not available” sign as they tried to access the site.
Members of the Shia community had also protested against the ban in Karachi on Tuesday and had tried to make their way towards the office of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA).
Episodes of violence against Shia Muslims in Pakistan have been on the rise recently, particularly the target killing of community members in Karachi and Hazaras in Balochistan.
After Rehman Malik’s efforts, Shia website unblocked – The Express Tribune