Human Rights Watch: End Internet Shutdowns to Manage COVID-19
April 01, 2020
April 01, 2020
NEW YORK, April 1 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
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- Blocking Access Could Cost Lives
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Intentionally shutting down or restricting access to the internet violates multiple rights and can be deadly during a health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said. Governments that are currently imposing an internet shutdown, such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, and Myanmar, should lift them immediate . . .
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- Blocking Access Could Cost Lives
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Intentionally shutting down or restricting access to the internet violates multiple rights and can be deadly during a health crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Human Rights Watch said. Governments that are currently imposing an internet shutdown, such as Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, and Myanmar, should lift them immediate . . .