Internet shutdown

8 Jul 2016

In power

PDP — Jammu and Kashmir

Acted

State government, Jammu and Kashmir

Mobile internet was suspended across the Valley after Wani's killing; Hindustan Times and CPJ date this to 8 July, Madhyamam to 9 July. Mobile internet was also suspended in the Jammu region on the evening of 9 July. Hindustan Times reported that non-BSNL mobile phone services were blocked from 14 to 26 July, that private networks were suspended again on the night of 11 August, and that mobile internet was still suspended on 12 August. PTI reported that mobile phone services were cut on 13 August and postpaid services restored on 20 August. In the Rajya Sabha on 18 July, Rajnath Singh said he agreed that the ban on the internet and newspapers should be lifted soon. In the Lok Sabha on 21 July he said the Chief Minister had told him the internet had been blocked for a short time and the restrictions had since been removed; Tathagata Satpathy said the internet was still not working, and Singh replied that the government had not shut it down. [5][4][3][6][8][7][1][2]

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