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They make Wikimedia projects richer and more representative of the world with their culture, history and perspectives. Wikipedia is available in more than 300 languages; its 55 million articles bring together information from news, research, and other publications to create a living record of history. Lifting this ban means that the people of Pakistan can continue to benefit from and participate in its growth within a global movement that strives to spread and share knowledge that is verified, reliable and free. The Wikimedia Foundation believes that knowledge is a human right. We welcome the support of governments everywhere in upholding it. </p> <hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity"/> <p></p> <p><strong>3 February 2023 —</strong> On Friday, February 3, 2023, Pakistan’s Telecommunications Authority blocked Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects. The Wikimedia Foundation calls on Pakistan to restore access to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects in the country immediately.  </p> <p>The Wikimedia Foundation received a notification from the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on February 1, 2023, stating “the services of Wikipedia have been degraded for 48 hours” for failure to remove content from the site deemed “unlawful” by the government. The notification further mentioned that a block of Wikipedia could follow, if the Foundation failed to comply with the takedown orders.  As of Friday, February 3, our internal traffic reports indicate that Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects are no longer accessible to users in Pakistan.</p> <p>The Wikimedia Foundation believes that access to knowledge is a human right. Wikipedia is the world’s largest online encyclopedia, and the main source of trusted information for millions. It’s an ever-growing record of history, and gives people from all backgrounds the opportunity to contribute to everyone’s understanding of their religion, heritage, and culture. </p> <p>In Pakistan, English Wikipedia receives more than 50 million pageviews per month, followed by Urdu and Russian Wikipedias. There is also a sizable and engaged community of editors in Pakistan that contribute historical and educational content. A block of Wikipedia in Pakistan denies the fifth most populous nation in the world access to the largest free knowledge repository. If it continues, it will also deprive everyone access to Pakistan’s knowledge, history, and culture.</p> <p>Wikipedia is written by nearly 300,000 volunteer editors. Together, this global community of volunteers has designed robust editorial guidelines that require strict citations and references to verified sources of information. Content on Wikipedia is mined from secondary sources; it does not allow <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research">original research</a>. The community is guided by values of neutrality, reliability, and equitable access to information. </p> <p>The Wikimedia Foundation does not make decisions around what content is included on Wikipedia or how that content is maintained. This is by design to ensure that articles are the result of many people coming together to determine what information should be presented on the site, resulting in richer, more neutral articles.  We respect and support the editorial decisions made by the community of editors around the world. There are dedicated response channels available to individuals, organizations, or governments that would like to raise concerns about the site’s content directly with volunteer editors for their consideration and review. This contributes to Wikipedia’s transparency and upholds its collaborative model.</p> <p>We hope that the Pakistan government joins with the Wikimedia Foundation in a commitment to knowledge as a human right and restores access to Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects promptly, so that the people of Pakistan can continue to receive and share knowledge with the world.<strong>    </strong></p> <p>For media inquiries, please contact <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/mailto:press@wikimedia.org" target="_blank">press@wikimedia.org</a>.</p> <div class="share-article"> <a class="share-article__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=%20https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/02/03/wikimedia-foundation-urges-pakistan-telecommunications-authority-to-restore-access-to-wikipedia-in-pakistan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> <svg class="i icon icon-social-twitter "> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/themes/shiro/assets/dist/icons-deae273913.svg#social-twitter"></use> </svg> </a> <a class="share-article__link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?s=100&p%5Burl%5D=https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2023/02/03/wikimedia-foundation-urges-pakistan-telecommunications-authority-to-restore-access-to-wikipedia-in-pakistan/&&p%5Btitle%5D=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"> <svg class="i icon icon-social-facebook "> <use xlink:href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/themes/shiro/assets/dist/icons-deae273913.svg#social-facebook"></use> </svg> </a> </div> <div class="read-more-categories"> <span class="read-more-categories__text"> Read more </span> <span class="read-more-categories__links"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/topics/legal/advocacy/">Advocacy</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/topics/legal/">Legal</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/tag/pakistan/">Pakistan</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/projects-initiatives/wikipedia/">Wikipedia</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/tag/wikipedia-block/">Wikipedia block</a>, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/tag/block/">block</a> </span> </div> </article> <div class="block-area"> <div class="wysiwyg mw-980"> <div class="double-heading"> <p class="double-heading__secondary is-style-h5"> <span>Related</span> </p> <h2 class="double-heading__primary is-style-h3"> Read further in the pursuit of knowledge </h2> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/07/22/our-legal-case-against-turkeys-block-of-wikipedia-has-been-expedited-heres-what-that-means/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Blue-Mosque-Courtyard-Dusk-Wikimedia-Commons.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" loading="lazy"/> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/07/22/our-legal-case-against-turkeys-block-of-wikipedia-has-been-expedited-heres-what-that-means/"> Our legal case against Turkey’s block of Wikipedia has been expedited. Here’s what that means. </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/topics/legal/advocacy/">Advocacy</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>Today, the Wikimedia Foundation welcomes the news that our case brought before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to lift the block of Wikipedia in Turkey has been communicated to the Turkish Government and given priority status by the court, just two months after the case was filed with the court. Priority status is….</p> </div> <div class="blog-post__meta"> 22 July 2019 <span class="blog-post__authors"> By <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/author/wikimedia-foundation/" title="Posts by Wikimedia Foundation" class="author url fn" rel="author">Wikimedia Foundation</a> </span> </div> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/07/22/our-legal-case-against-turkeys-block-of-wikipedia-has-been-expedited-heres-what-that-means/" class="blog-post__read-more" aria-label="Read more about Our legal case against Turkey’s block of Wikipedia has been expedited. Here’s what that means."> Read more </a> </div> </div> <div class="blog-post"> <a class="blog-post__image-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/07/22/european-court-of-human-rights-has-decided-to-expedite-case-on-online-censorship-brought-against-the-government-of-turkey-for-blocking-wikipedia/"> <img width="800" height="600" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810im_/https://wikimediafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Courtroom-European-Court-of-Human-Rights-01.jpg?w=800&h=600&crop=1" class="blog-post__image" alt="" loading="lazy"/> </a> <div class="blog-post__content"> <h3 class="blog-post__title"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/07/22/european-court-of-human-rights-has-decided-to-expedite-case-on-online-censorship-brought-against-the-government-of-turkey-for-blocking-wikipedia/"> European Court of Human Rights has decided to expedite case on online censorship brought against the government of Turkey for blocking Wikipedia </a> </h3> <div class="blog-post__categories"> <a class="blog-post__category-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240927093810/https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/category/topics/legal/advocacy/">Advocacy</a> </div> <div class="blog-post__excerpt"> <p>The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to expedite a case brought by the Wikimedia Foundation against the government of Turkey for blocking Wikipedia in the country. The case contends that the longstanding ban amounts to impermissible censorship and limits peoples’ fundamental rights to free expression and access to knowledge. 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