5/10/23, 10:29 PM Myanmar: Internet shutdowns shrouding torchings and killings - ARTICLE 19 information to help keep themselves safe, such as where attacks may be launched or where road bombs may be laid. People who wish to find out how their friends, family, or loved ones are coping cannot communicate with them. Transport of essential supplies is (https://www.article19.org) blocked to villages, as drivers are unable to discern safe routes for travel. People are unable to transfer or receive funds (https://www.myanmar-responsiblebusiness.org/news/return-fullmobile-internet.html) as they are cut off from mobile payment services (https://www.voanews.com/a/myanmar-junta-hitsopposition-forces-with-communications-blackouts-/6550158.html). Amidst a pandemic, people have no way to share health information or receive medical attention, in violation (https://www.icj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MyanmarCOVID19-Briefing-Paper-2020-ENG.pdf) of their right to health, and risks of gender-based violence are exacerbated (https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/covid-19-and-coupblockage-internet-and-social-media-access-further-exacerbategender). Meanwhile, children who were already unable to receive in-school education because of ongoing school boycotts and burnt down schools are now cut out of online means of learning, leading to an increasing number of school dropout cases and reported cases of child abuse through forced child marriages (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/1wwUFrhqUUtmGLzgwxSBycHxqM8SzazMF? fbclid=IwAR1RXvSC1TA7mc115L4mmDQnT_VIgXduwJFpiK4W2H8mqu8Wuxx_4W7wLQ). Humanitarian actors and many journalists who remain in the country struggle (https://restofworld.org/2022/blackouts-myanmar-atrocities/) to monitor and report on the ongoing human rights violations and provide essential aid (https://www.ohchr.org/en/statements/2022/06/50th-sessionhuman-rights-council-oral-update-myanmar), while UN experts have highlighted (https://www.ohchr.org/en/pressreleases/2022/06/myanmar-un-experts-condemn-militarys-digitaldictatorship) challenges to their gathering of evidence of human rights violations. This situation on the ground will only deteriorate unless international actors continue to keep global attention on This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you Myanmar and push back strongly against aggression by the can opt-out if you wish. Cookie settings ACCEPT Privacy and Cookie Policy (https://www.article19.org/privacy-policy/) https://www.article19.org/resources/myanmar-internet-shutdowns-torchings-killings/  3/8