Myanmar: End World’s Longest Internet Shutdown

Click to expand Image A telecommunications tower in Mrauk U township, Rakhine State, where the Myanmar government has imposed an internet blackout. © 2018 Phyo Hein Kyaw/AFP/Getty Images (Bangkok) – The Myanmar government should immediately lift all internet restrictions in eight townships in Rakhine and Chin States, Human Rights Watch said today. The mobile internet shutdown, which began on June 21, 2019, is affecting more than a million people living in a conflict zone. The internet shutdown, along with restrictions on access by aid agencies, has meant that people in some villages…

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