Regional shutdown
Internet Services
Meerut city, Uttar Pradesh
The Uttar Pradesh government pulled the plug on the Internet to prevent a little-known local organisation from publicising its call for a “Bharat bandh” on Monday. The bandh call was issued after police beat up marchers protesting the rise in lynchings.
- Total Duration 10 hours
India
- Population
- 1,450,935,791
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
The Uttar Pradesh government pulled the plug on the Internet to prevent a little-known local organisation from publicising its call for a “Bharat bandh” on Monday. The bandh call was issued after police beat up marchers protesting the rise in lynchings.
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