<div dir="auto"><div>Thanks Deirdre for sharing. This is a must read and excellent one. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards.<br><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 26, 2018 3:34 PM, "Deirdre Williams" <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.riseup.net">governance@lists.riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Oops - wrong address.<div>Deirdre</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Deirdre Williams</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:williams.deirdre@gmail.com" target="_blank">williams.deirdre@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: 26 February 2018 at 10:30<br>Subject: Fwd: [bestbits] SUCCESS! Fwd: Mobile Network Shutdowns declared Illegal<br>To: <a href="mailto:igc@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">igc@lists.riseup.net</a>, IRP <<a href="mailto:Irp@lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org" target="_blank">Irp@lists.<wbr>internetrightsandprinciples.<wbr>org</a>>, JNC Forum <<a href="mailto:forum@justnetcoalition.org" target="_blank">forum@justnetcoalition.org</a>><br><br><br><div dir="ltr">For your information.<div>Deirdre </div><div><div><div class="m_-960833603009824906h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">shahzad ahmad</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shahzad@bytesforall.pk" target="_blank">shahzad@bytesforall.pk</a>></span><br>Date: 26 February 2018 at 03:10<br>Subject: [bestbits] SUCCESS! Fwd: Mobile Network Shutdowns declared Illegal<br>To: Keep It <<a href="mailto:keepiton@lists.riseup.net" target="_blank">keepiton@lists.riseup.net</a>>, BestBitsList <<a href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net" target="_blank">bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a>>, Zak Rogoff <<a href="mailto:zak@accessnow.org" target="_blank">zak@accessnow.org</a>>, "Peter Micek (via Google Docs)" <<a href="mailto:peter@accessnow.org" target="_blank">peter@accessnow.org</a>>, "Brett Solomon, Access Now" <<a href="mailto:brett@accessnow.org" target="_blank">brett@accessnow.org</a>>, Melody Patry <<a href="mailto:melody@accessnow.org" target="_blank">melody@accessnow.org</a>><br>Cc: Umer Gilani <<a href="mailto:umer.gilani@gmail.com" target="_blank">umer.gilani@gmail.com</a>>, Haroon Baloch <<a href="mailto:haroon@bytesforall.pk" target="_blank">haroon@bytesforall.pk</a>>, Lucy Purdon <<a href="mailto:purdonlucy@gmail.com" target="_blank">purdonlucy@gmail.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:lucyp@privacyinternational.org" target="_blank">lucyp@privacyinternational.org</a><wbr>, Ben Wagner <<a href="mailto:ben@benwagner.org" target="_blank">ben@benwagner.org</a>>, Ben Wagner <<a href="mailto:bwagner@europa-uni.de" target="_blank">bwagner@europa-uni.de</a>>, Marvi Sirmed <<a href="mailto:marvi@marvisirmed.com" target="_blank">marvi@marvisirmed.com</a>>, Salil Tripathi <<a href="mailto:salil.tripathi@gmail.com" target="_blank">salil.tripathi@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">Dear Colleagues, <div><br></div><div>This is the most wonderful news in days and a great victory for the digital rights movement. </div><div><br></div><div>Yet again, it proves that how Research can bring wonderful policy changes that we all are striving for. </div><div><br></div><div>Umer cced is a young brilliant lawyer based in Islamabad and he took this initiative at his own based on the following published research. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.bytesforall.pk/publication/network-shutdowns-pakistan" target="_blank">https://www.bytesforall.pk/pub<wbr>lication/network-shutdowns-pak<wbr>istan</a></div><div><br></div><div>We are extremely thankful for all the great work by Umer and his team for taking this up in the court. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks are also due to Dr. Lucy Purdon and Dr. Ben Wagner for their amazing timely work and helping us conduct this research in Pakistan. Also copying Salil Bhai at IHRB, who was great help and support as always. </div><div><br></div><div>We look forward to your advice on how to take this forward. </div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes and regards</div><div><br></div><div>Shahzad</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="m_-960833603009824906m_1201111199009504394m_-8676772833586399823Apple-interchange-newline"><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>From: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Umer Gilani <br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Subject: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Mobile Network Shutdowns declared Illegal</b><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Date: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">February 26, 2018 at 10:37:29 AM GMT+5<br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>To: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">shahzad ahmad <<a href="mailto:shahzad@bytesforall.pk" target="_blank">shahzad@bytesforall.pk</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px"><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgba(0,0,0,1.0)"><b>Cc: </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-system-font,Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,sans-serif">Haroon Baloch <<a href="mailto:haroon@bytesforall.pk" target="_blank">haroon@bytesforall.pk</a>>, tehmina <<a href="mailto:tehmina@bytesforall.pk" target="_blank">tehmina@bytesforall.pk</a>><br></span></div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Dear Shahzad <i>sahib</i></div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Just an hour ago, the Islamabad High Court has allowed the petitions filed by public interest petitioner against mobile network shutdowns. The shutdowns have been declared as illegal being contrary to the provisions of Section 54 of the PTA Act which states that the government can exercise this drastic power only when a Proclamation of Emergency has been issued - which has happened only a couple of times in our history. In all other circumstance, the shutdowns are illegal.</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">The ruling, being against PTA and Federal Government, would be applicable all over Pakistan.</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">While we expect an appeal, this is nonetheless a great victory for digital rights in the context of present day Pakistan.</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">We have applied for a copy of the detailed judgment. Once we have the detailed judgment, it would be helpful to arrange a round-table of the sort we discussed when we last met.</div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large"><br></div><div style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">Regards,</div><div><div class="m_-960833603009824906m_1201111199009504394m_-8676772833586399823m_-6740824112254837686gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Umer Gilani, </font><i style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">LLM (Washington), </i><i style="font-family:garamond,serif;font-size:large">BA-LLB (LUMS)</i></p><p dir="ltr"><font face="garamond, serif" size="4">Partner<br>The Law and Policy Chambers<br>Office No. F-24, Afzal Center,<br>Opp. Islamabad High Court, G-10/1<br></font></p><p dir="ltr"></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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