Myanmar: End Unlawful Internet Restrictions

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 Myanmar’s government should immediately lift internet restrictions in Rakhine and Chin States that have put civilians at added risk, Human Rights Watch said today. Government restrictions on the internet have hampered the coordination of aid, collection of accurate information, and monitoring of abuses. The government has offered new reasons for its ban on mobile internet services, which affects more…

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