Hong Kong ( CNN ) -- Pakistan , ranked by the Pew Research Center as one of the least tolerant countries in the world for gays , has pulled the plug on its only online resource for the Muslim nation 's lesbian , gay , bisexual and transgender communities . Queer Pakistan , which just went online in July , confirmed it had been blocked September 24 with a Twitter post saying , `` It 's official ! QueerPK is banned from viewership in Pakistan . '' Netizens attempting to access the site inside the country are greeted with the note , `` Surf Safely ! This website is not accessible . The site you are trying to access contains content that is prohibited for viewership from within Pakistan . '' Outside the country , however , Queer Pakistan can still be reached via a redirect . `` # QueerPK is now accessible on new domain name http : //humjins.com ! We are determined to fight # censorship if we have your support ! '' said Queer Pakistan in a follow-up Twitter post . `` The government 's blocking of Queerpk.com clearly violates internationally recognized rights to freedom of expression and non-discrimination , and should be lifted immediately , '' Phil Robertson , Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch 's Asia division , told CNN . Queer Pakistan 's last entry on its homepage , dated September 4 , detailed religious , political and social reactions to its existence -- including a call for the government `` to control them '' and a statement that the `` West should not try to impose their values on us . '' `` Pakistan 's shuttering of this news portal shows how incredibly out of step Pakistan is with growing efforts by the United Nations to ensure rights protections for LGBT persons , including the strong public endorsement of LGBT rights given by none other than the U.N. Secretary-General himself , '' added Robertson . `` Pakistan 's donors should get off the sidelines and publicly press the government to reverse this internet censorship and permit discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity to proceed unhindered . '' Homosexuality is illegal in Pakistan , a country of more than 193 million people , nearly 97 % of which are Muslim . According to IRIN , a U.N. humanitarian news and analysis service , `` under section 377 of the PCC ( Pakistan Penal Code ) , whoever voluntarily has carnal intercourse against the order of nature with any man , woman or animal , shall be punished with imprisonment for life , or with imprisonment of either description for a term which [ shall not be less than two years nor more than ] 10 years , and shall also be liable to a fine . '' Pakistan is also one of just several countries in the world that still reserve the death penalty for homosexuals , according to the International Lesbian and Gay Association , or ILGA . This past June , the Pew Research Center released the results of its survey on the `` Global Divide on Homosexuality . '' Of 39 countries studied , Pakistan was found to be one of the least gay-tolerant , with 87 % of those surveyed saying homosexuality should be rejected . In Asia , only Indonesia -- the world 's most populous Muslim country -- scored higher with 93 % disapproval . Spain and Germany were found to be the world 's most- and second-most tolerant countries respectively . In a separate survey , Spartacus World 's Gay Travel Index ranked Pakistan 124th of 138 nations surveyed for gay tolerance . The country received an overall score of `` -5 '' for the high degree of religious influence , anti-gay laws , local hostility and the risk of prosecution . Vatican City , Egypt , and Russia scored even lower -- with Iran bottoming out the list with a score of `` -13 . ''
Pakistan has blocked country 's first and only gay resources website . Facebook Pakistan , which went online in 2013 , confirmed block via Facebook . Human Rights Watch : ` ` government block of Queerpk.com gay rights '' Pakistan Penal Code details up to life in prison for gay sexual acts .