Access Now: 365 Days and Counting - Myanmar Must End the Internet Blackout in Rakhine and Chin States
June 23, 2020
June 23, 2020
NEW YORK, June 23 -- Access Now issued the following news release:
This week, on June 21, the states of Rakhine and Chin in Myanmar entered their second year of internet shutdowns in the region. The present shutdown is the third-longest internet shutdown in the world, and affects approximately 1.4 million people. Pakistan currently holds the record for longest and most severe internet shutdown in history, ending in 2019, and lasting almost ten years.
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This week, on June 21, the states of Rakhine and Chin in Myanmar entered their second year of internet shutdowns in the region. The present shutdown is the third-longest internet shutdown in the world, and affects approximately 1.4 million people. Pakistan currently holds the record for longest and most severe internet shutdown in history, ending in 2019, and lasting almost ten years.
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