{"id":1836,"date":"2024-09-30T10:53:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-30T04:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thenextmag.bk-ninja.com\/default\/?p=1836"},"modified":"2026-04-14T15:47:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T09:47:50","slug":"internet-shutdown-a-major-violation-of-human-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bstandard.info\/english\/internet-shutdown-a-major-violation-of-human-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Internet shutdown: A major violation of human rights"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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What is your daily routine when you wake up in the morning? Naturally, see whether there’s a new message on WhatsApp or email, or check the Facebook notice on the nearby phone!<\/span><\/p>\n

We cannot fathom a single minute in this era of information and communication technology without the Internet. In addition to being a tool for communication, the Internet is a major platform for expression, learning, and entertainment. Therefore, access to the internet is now considered a fundamental human right in many nations across the globe. Internet services are now considered human rights under the revised Article 19 of the \u201cUniversal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)\u201d. Everyone has the right to express themselves freely, it states. Among these rights are the freedoms of speech and the press, as well as the ability to communicate across boundaries and through any means. Governments in many nations still enforce Internet shutdowns to quell public unrest and suppress dissent, even though access to the Internet is acknowledged as a human right.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Bangladesh, the phenomenon of internet blackouts is not new. There have been 77 internet outages thus far in 2024. These shutdowns are implemented for several reasons, such as information flow control, political instability, and security concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The internet was blocked nationally for almost 150 hours by the Bangladeshi government on July 18. The internet outage was attributed by the former ICT Minister Junaid Ahmed Palak to the Mohakhali arson assault. International observers, however, like Cloudflare and Telenor, disregarded the justification and attested to the government’s order for the shutdown. Since 2018, Bangladesh has reportedly shut down internet and social media services multiple times without any explanation from telecom firms or the government, according to “Access Now”. For instance, we may discuss the 2018 Safer Roads Movement. During that period, the national authorities had slowed down mobile internet. Not only that, but in 2019 and 2023 there have also been multiple allegations of internet service outages during opposition rallies and protests in Bangladesh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Online criticism and protest of government actions are nearly difficult in this country because Internet traffic is regulated by the Ministry of Broadcasting and Information Technology Internet services are therefore purposefully suspended during specific periods. People’s ability to express themselves freely is thereby compromised.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Internet and Rights for Humans:<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n