Our dear friend, Kyaw Lynn, marched with 100 students to protest against the shutdown. He was also among the nine students who were charged with violating a provision in the Peaceful Assembly Law.
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The internet shutdown in conflict-torn Rakhine and Chin States has been in place since 21 June 2019 to protect "national security." Civilians have been killed and displaced.
UN rights experts ‘gravely’ concerned at spike in civilian casualties in north-west Myanmar following internet shutdown
Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced grave concern over the killing and displacement of civilians in north-west Myanmar during the intensifying conflict between the military and an armed group, the Arakan Army, amid an information blackout in some parts of Rakhine and Chin states.
"'We are students and citizens pointing out the wrongdoings of government,'" Kyaw Lynn, one of the students who took part, told Reuters by phone. "'They violated our citizens' rights.'"
#StopInternetShutdownMM #keepiton #StopTheAttacks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-internet-idUSKCN20I16X