Internet connection cuts off in more than ‍‍` 25 ‍‍`townships in northwestern Myanmar

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Cox Gazette September 28, 2021, 10:31 AM

Myanmar Military  cut of mobile interent access most of the citites  Besides  launching  air strikes at the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, according to media and a militia member, as phone lines and the internet were also severed in some districts.

Myamar base Internet Freedom Activist Htaike Htaike Aung twote ''As of today, internet access in 25 towns and cities across Myanmar have been cut off. This pattern of shutdown is concerning as it is happening particularly in areas with violent crackdowns by the military junta.''

The affected townships are Gangaw, Htilin and Myaing in Magway Region, and Falam, Kanpetlet, Matupi, Mindat, Paletwa, Tedim, Thantlang and Tonzang in Chin State etc . 

As information is an aid also basic human rights violations is major concern in myamar after militray seized  over the power 

A spokesperson from the anti-junta Mindat People’s Administration Team speculated that the restrictions on internet access were likely timed to occur as the military intensifies operations in the region to suppress the resistance movement. 

 “The military cut the internet because they can’t win. It is their usual tactic and won’t have much impact on the revolutionary forces. We will continue what we are supposed to be doing, regardless,” the YDF official said.

The military council has not published information on the cuts. 

Internet freedom in Myanmar has since collapsed, creating what Freedom House (FH) and Free Expression Myanmar described as “the most severe decline ever documented” in FH’s annual Freedom of the Net global surveys on and analysis of the issue.

“As part of its attempt to crush dissent and maintain power, the military junta shut down internet service, blocked social media platforms and websites, seized control of the telecommunications infrastructure, and ramped up intrusive surveillance,” Myanmar’s Freedom of the Net report, released on September 21, said.

In 2019, at the height of the conflict between the Myanmar military and the Arakan Army, much of northern Rakhine State lost internet access for more than a year.