Mizzima-June 11
Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government (NUG) has issued a statement criticizing the Myanmar junta for internet shutdowns and outages. Below is the 8 June statement in full: After an attempted unlawful military coup, Myanmar has become the country with the second-highest internet shutdown in the world, and 13 out of 14 states are facing internet outages, and more than 80 townships are still facing internet blockages. Now, the terrorist Military Council is using the access to information as a weapon and restricting it, banning the right to express and write freely, and shutting down the internet to cover up the general economic crisis that the public is facing and people’s growing concerns, and their physical violence; mental blows; and war crimes. In addition, the terrorist military council has blocked the access to Facebook and is developing a social media network with an intention of openly violating public privacy. The newly developed application intends to access the user’s data even when the application is not active and has access to the user’s camera, user’s location, contact phone numbers and be able to read text messages. The National Unity Government strongly condemns the actions of the terrorist military council that limit and block the basic human rights of the people and will continue to endeavor to build an independent internet network in places free from the control of the terrorist military council. The National Unity Government calls the international community to provide a stronger support to the revolution to defeat the military dictatorship, which plays a fundamental role to restore the civil rights of the people, freedom of speech and expression and the right to information. Read more at: https://eng.mizzima.com/2024/06/11/10743
