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Anti-CAA protests and the Shaheen Bagh sit-in, December 2019 - March 2020

Internet shutdown

19 Dec 2019

In power
BJP — Uttar Pradesh
Acted
State government, Uttar Pradesh

An order of the Uttar Pradesh Additional Chief Secretary (Home), Awanish Kumar Awasthi, suspended mobile internet and SMS in Lucknow from 3 pm on 19 December to noon on 21 December 2019, citing possible misuse of SMS and social media to inflame the law and order situation. Internet was also suspended in other districts, including Sambhal, Aligarh, Mau, Ghaziabad and Azamgarh (see figures). On 21 December the suspension was extended, and mobile internet was cut again in many parts of the state, including Lucknow, on 26 December. [5][7][1][6][4][2][3]

  • 14 districts with internet and SMS suspended on 20 December, said Hindustan Times [6]
  • at least 21 cities in Uttar Pradesh with mobile internet suspended on 20 December, said MediaNama [5]
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The same action under other governments

For each party in power, its most recent internet shutdown in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.

  1. 2026Protests demanding the Chief Election Commissioner's resignationIn power: BJP — Centre
  2. 2018Thoothukudi anti-Sterlite protest and police firing, May 2018In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
  3. 2016Kashmir unrest after the killing of Burhan Wani, 2016In power: PDP — Jammu and Kashmir

Sources

  1. 1Internet Shutdown: Lucknow Till December 21, Dakshina Kannada for 48 HoursPTI via The Wire, 20 Dec 2019T5 SecondaryArchived 20 Dec 2019
  2. 2BJP-ruled state tops death toll in India citizenship law protestsAl Jazeera, 21 Dec 2019T5 SecondaryArchived 21 Dec 2019
  3. 3Internet banned in India's Uttar Pradesh amid anger over killingsAl Jazeera, 27 Dec 2019T5 SecondaryArchived 27 Dec 2019
  4. 4Kanpur remains on edge, death toll in UP reaches 17, internet suspension extendedHindustan Times, 21 Dec 2019T5 SecondaryArchived 21 Dec 2019
  5. 5Internet shut down in several cities of UP, KarnatakaMediaNama, Soumyarendra Barik, 20 Dec 2019T4 ReportArchived 23 Dec 2019
  6. 6Mobile internet suspended in 14 UP districts, more than 3,500 detained after violent CAA protestsHindustan Times, 20 Dec 2019T5 SecondaryArchived 20 Dec 2019
  7. 7Violence in UP, Yogi Adityanath warns of revenge against arsonistsThe Indian Express, Asad Rehman, Manish Sahu and Avaneesh Mishra, 20 Dec 2019T4 ReportArchived 20 Dec 2019