Coupures d’Internet

• Passé

  Regional shutdown

  Khartoum

  Internet services were again reportedly limited in Khartoum, Sudan on 30 December 2021 in response to further protests against the military and its ongoing coup. This recent event follows another report of an Internet shutdown on 25 December 2021. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact citizens’ ability to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country or in other countries.

  Soudan

  • Démarrer 30 décembre 2021 07:30 UTC
  • Fin 30 décembre 2021 18:30 UTC
  • Durée totale 11 hours
• Passé

  Regional shutdown

  Mobile Internet Services

  Srinagar

  Local authorities ordered Internet Service Providers to suspend mobile data services in several areas of the Srinagar district from 28 to 30 December as part of wider actions to quell civil unrest in the region. These orders follow similar orders in our district areas over the past few days. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact citizens' ability to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country or other countries.

  Inde

  • Démarrer 28 décembre 2021 15:00 UTC
  • Fin 30 décembre 2021 21:00 UTC
  • Durée totale 2 days, 6 hours
• Passé

  Regional shutdown

  Khartoum

  Internet services were reportedly suspended in Sudan's capital city, Khartoum, on 25 December 2021, ahead of planned protests against the military and its ongoing coup. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact citizens’ ability to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country or in other countries.

  Soudan

  • Démarrer 25 décembre 2021 04:00 UTC
  • Fin 25 décembre 2021 20:30 UTC
  • Durée totale 16 hours
• Passé

  Regional shutdown

  Mobile Internet Services

  Mon, Nagaland

  Local authorities ordered mobile Internet service providers to suspend Internet services in the Mon district until further notice on 4 December to maintain law and order during the civil unrest that broke out in the district. Services were restored the following afternoon (5 December). Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact citizens' ability to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country or other countries.

  Inde

  • Démarrer 5 décembre 2021 00:00 UTC
  • Fin 5 décembre 2021 14:30 UTC
  • Durée totale 14 hours

novembre 2021

• Passé

  National shutdown

  Mobile data

  Mobile Internet services were shut down in Burkina Faso on 20 November, 2021 following anti-government protests across the country. In response to the protests, the government announced that mobile networks would be unavailable for 96 hours, cutting off millions of citizens' Internet access.   While fixed-line and wireless services were unaffected, there are less than 0.05 fixed line connections per 100 inhabitants, and the vast majority of Burkina Faso's connected citizens access the Internet via mobile networks. This shutdown lasted over a week, meaning citizens could not access online businesses, banking services, health services, educational institutions, nor contact loves ones. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact the ability of citizens to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country, or in other countries.  

  Burkina Faso

  • Démarrer 20 novembre 2021 01:00 UTC
  • Fin 28 novembre 2021 20:00 UTC
  • Durée totale 8 days, 19 hours

octobre 2021

• Passé

  National shutdown

  Sudan’s military cut fixed and mobile Internet connectivity on 25 October 2021, after it seized power just ahead of the country’s general elections. Sudan was under a transitional authority after the ouster of Omar al-Bashir in 2019, and the military following its takeover declared a state of emergency as protesters took to the streets of the capital, Khartoum, in opposition to the coup. On 9 November, Khartoum’s District Court ordered ISPs to restore Internet access, but services only began to return after 25 days of blackout, on 18 November, prolonged by the insistence of the Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority for the shutdown to remain in place. Zain and MTN were the first to come back online, followed by Sudatel and later by other providers. Al Jazeera Arabic reported that the Internet blackout caused economic losses amounting to tens of millions of dollars per day, with telecommunications companies alone losing USD 6 million daily. Citizens resorted to roaming services on international SIM cards sent from overseas to get in touch with their loved ones.    

  Soudan

  • Démarrer 25 octobre 2021 02:30 UTC
  • Fin 18 novembre 2021 12:00 UTC
  • Durée totale 24 days, 9 hours
• Passé

  National shutdown

  Bangladesh mobile operators GrameenPhone, Robi Axiata and Banglalink were ordered to shut down 3G and 4G services in the wake of attacks on religious sites in an attempt to quell rising violence. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact the ability of citizens to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country, or in other countries.  

  Bangladesh

  • Démarrer 14 octobre 2021 23:00 UTC
  • Fin 15 octobre 2021 10:00 UTC
  • Durée totale 11 hours

septembre 2021

• Passé

  Regional shutdown

  Mobile Internet, SMS

  Haryana, Kurukshetra, Jind, Kaithal, Panipat, Karnal

  Ahead of protests on 7 September 2021, the district administration of Karnal in Haryana ordered for mobile Internet and SMS services to be suspended for 24 hours in the adjoining districts of Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, and Panipat from half past midnight local time. While fixed-lines were unaffected, only 2 out of every 100 people in India have a fixed telephone subscription. Internet shutdowns during protests or civil unrest impact the ability of citizens to get accurate information from government sources when they need it most. It also becomes harder for citizens to contact family members and friends in other parts of the country, or in other countries.

  Inde

  • Démarrer 7 septembre 2021 00:00 UTC
  • Fin 7 septembre 2021 23:59 UTC
  • Durée totale 23 hours

août 2021

• Passé

  National shutdown

  Mobile Data

  The three-hour disruption in Internet access began after activists called for anti-corruption protests against the government, demanding the resignation of President Salva Kiir.  The Minister of Information, Communication and Postal Services denied a government-mandated shutdown, attributing the outage to technical problems. Amnesty International suspects the shutdown may have been a deliberate attempt to derail the protests, which the armed forces prevented from taking place.  

  Soudan du Sud

  • Démarrer 29 août 2021 19:00 UTC
  • Fin 29 août 2021 22:00 UTC
  • Durée totale 3 hours
• Passé

  Service blocking

  Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook

  Internet users in Zambia were unable to access social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Whatsapp, on the day of the country’s general elections on the 12th of August. Local media had previously reported government plans to shut down access to social media to ‘maintain peace and order during the voting period.’ Internet users in Zambia, including journalists, lamented their inability to keep track of election proceedings, and to go about their work properly without these channels of communication. Access was restored by order of the High Court, following a lawsuit put forward by Chapter One Foundation, a Zambian non-governmental organization, challenging the decision of the Zambian Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) to disrupt Internet connectivity. The ZICTA agreed in March 2022 not to act outside its legal authority to interrupt access to the internet, and to inform the public of the reason for any internet shutdown within 36 hours of implementation in the future.

  Zambie

  • Démarrer 12 août 2021 00:00 UTC
  • Fin 14 août 2021 00:00 UTC
  • Durée totale 2 days