{"id":4503,"date":"2017-04-17T10:23:04","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T17:23:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/?p=4503"},"modified":"2021-08-03T08:03:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T15:03:03","slug":"india-keeps-shutting-internet-12-million-plus-jammu-kashmir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/india-keeps-shutting-internet-12-million-plus-jammu-kashmir\/","title":{"rendered":"India keeps shutting down the Internet for 12 million plus in Jammu and Kashmir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Jammu and Kashmir region of\u00a0India at the tumultuous border between India and Pakistan formally lost internet access on April 17th, 2017 (again). The most recent spat of internet bans started over a week ago and were officially slated to end after local\u00a0elections on April 12th \u2013 something that only happened intermittently\u00a0until the announcement of a complete internet block\u00a0this morning. The Internet was officially cut on Monday April 17th to prevent social media coverage (and mainstream media coverage) of ongoing protests in the Anantnag, Bandipora, Baramulla, Pulwama, Kupwara, Kulgam, Pulwama, Shopian, and Srinagar districts. An official stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cInternet facilities on all appliances in the valley have been shut.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Those that still have access to the Internet are desperately spreading the word before they lose access.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/iam_zaid\/status\/853979330749374464<\/p>\n<h2>Internet shut down in Jammu and Kashmir region of India amid protests, again<\/h2>\n<p>Protests have grown after an initial clash between students and Indian governmental security\u00a0forces which left 50 students injured on Saturday. The location of the incident, Pulwama College, has since been taken over by security forces. Events like this have been a staple of the Jammu and Kashmir valley for years. The Indian government With each\u00a0subsequent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-india-kashmir-idUSKBN17J0HZ?il=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">act of violence<\/a>, whether it be the killing of a lawyer, a student, or an unnamed protester, control and censorship tighten around the region \u2013 and the inhabitants suffer.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/dr_rita39\/status\/853945068859871233<\/p>\n<p>Loss of internet access is nothing new for the netizens of Jammu and Kashmir, and that is a sad fact. In 2016, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/month-since-indian-government-shut-internet-access-jammu-kashmir\/\">Jammu and Kashmir<\/a> region had limited internet access for well over a month. Mobile internet access via\u00a0prepaid plans was cut off for over <a href=\"https:\/\/scroll.in\/latest\/827906\/prepaid-mobile-internet-services-restored-in-kashmir-after-six-months\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">6 months<\/a>. Internet access is a human right according to the United Nations.\u00a0It is worth noting that India was one of 17 countries that voted against the Article 19 update to include Internet Access as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/these-17-countries-dont-believe-that-freedom-of-expression-on-the-internet-is-a-human-right\/\">basic human right<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jammu and Kashmir region of\u00a0India at the tumultuous border between India and Pakistan formally lost internet access on April 17th, 2017 (again). The most recent spat of internet bans started over a week ago and were officially slated to end after local\u00a0elections on April 12th \u2013 something that only happened intermittently\u00a0until the announcement of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.privateinternetaccess.com\/blog\/india-keeps-shutting-internet-12-million-plus-jammu-kashmir\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;India keeps shutting down the Internet for 12 million plus in Jammu and Kashmir&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":2944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_stopmodifiedupdate":true,"_modified_date":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1945,1,130],"tags":[239,424,236,156],"class_list":["post-4503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-censorship","category-news","category-governments","tag-india","tag-internet-shutdown","tag-jammu-and-kashmir","tag-net-neutrality"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India keeps shutting down the Internet for 12 million plus in Jammu and Kashmir<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Jammu and Kashmir region of\u00a0India at the tumultuous border between India and Pakistan formally lost internet access on April 17th, 2017 (again). 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