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10 Apr 2026, 12:44

Amnesty International, on the thousandth hour of internet shutdown in Iran by the government, stated that this is a human rights issue and that the authorities of the Islamic Republic must immediately restore internet access.

In a statement released on Friday, April 21, this human rights organization emphasized, "The people of Iran have been living in digital darkness for over a thousand hours. Access to the internet is a fundamental human right and is considered vital and irreplaceable during times of conflict. Authorities must immediately restore internet access."

The UK office of this human rights organization also wrote: "A thousand hours without being able to contact your family, a thousand hours without news from the outside world, a thousand hours without access to essential information; 90 million people in Iran have now spent a thousand hours in digital darkness."

The Iranian government cut off the internet on the first day of the attacks by the US and Israel on Iran on February 28, 2025.

The internet shutdown in Iran on April 5 surpassed all previous similar instances in terms of scope and duration, reaching the status of the "longest national internet shutdown" in the world.
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