Internet cut in western Myanmar in latest retreat from democracy

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is appalled to learn that Myanmar’s government has disconnected the Internet in several western districts and calls for the immediate restoration of this channel of news and information, one that is essential for journalistic work and for defusing tension.Around 1 million people in eight townships in Rakhine state and one township in neighbouring Chin state have been deprived of all forms of Internet connection for the past five days as a result of

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