Amnesty wants immediate release of PTI social media Activists.

ISLAMABAD -- Regional Director Amnesty International has urged Pakistan on Friday to release eight people held by Federal Investigation Agency on 'criticising the state' on twitter.

He wrote on twitter "The Pakistani authorities must stop using the draconian Pakistan Electronic Crimes Act (Peca) to punish people who are simply exercising their right to freedom of expression online."

Successive government has used this law a tool to crush the dissent and intimidate supporters of the opposition, said she.

While demanding the immediate and unconditional release of all eight peoples, Dissanayake said that instead of...