Chin State - Latest News Update, Information, Photos & Videos on Chin State at Lokmat Times

The United States on Saturday called for an end to mobile internet shutdown in two strife-torn states in Myanmar, saying the restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest.Myanmar's Ministry of Transport and Communications on June 21 took the unprecedented step of ordering mobile phone operators to shut down all internet data across at least eight townships in Rakhine state and one in neighbouring Chin state, Al Jazeera reported.The move came as the military moved against insurgents fighting for more autonomy for the region's ethnic Rakhine Buddhists.Morgan Ortagus, the spokeswoman for the US State Department, said in a statement that Washington was "deeply concerned" by the data shutdown that has curbed internet-based communications for as many as one million people and called for their restoration "without delay.""Resumption of service would help facilitate transparency in and accountability for what the government claims are law enforcement actions aimed at preventing further outbreaks of violence in the affected areas," Ortagus added.In 2017, an army crackdown against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state drove 740,000 people into Bangladesh amid allegations of mass atrocities by soldiers.Since then thousands of Rohingyas have been forced to take shelter in Bangladesh's Cox Bazaar. Most of them have also been displaced and dozens of civilians, including children, have been killed and injured by both indiscriminate and targeted attacks. Others, mainly ethnic Rakhine men, have died while in the military's custody, according to the United Nations.On Friday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said humtarian groups had reported that the shutdown "is creating difficulties for them to carry out their work.""WhatsApp is key for international nonprofits operating in Rakhine, and working without it creates additional difficulties," it said.Myanmar has deployed thousands of troops to the western region, where civilians have been fleeing their homes to escape heavy artillery fire in the violence that has spilled over into Chin state.Both sides stand accused of committing abuses and dozens of civilians have been killed in crossfire and shellings, even while taking refuge in monasteries.( With inputs from ANI )

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

Narendra Modi

Lok Sabha Election 2024

Heatwave In India

Mumbai Water Cut

Maharashtra Lok Sabha Election

IPL 2024

Chin StateFOLLOW

Chin state, Latest News

Politics :How Manmohan Singh became Obama's first state guest

By Yashwant Raj Washington, June 21 Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was not then US President Barack Obama's ... ...

International :Myanmar military gets 'support' from insurgent groups of India's northeast in Chin State to fight resistance

Myanmar's resistance groups which operate in the country's Chin State have long alleged that separatist insurgent groups from the north-east part of a neighbouring country have been fighting for the Myanmar military in the province along with neighbo ...

International :US calls to end internet blackout in Myanmar's two states

The United States on Saturday called for an end to a mobile internet shutdown in two strife-torn states in Myanmar, saying that the restoration would help provide transparency to what the government says are law enforcement actions to avert unrest. ...