# Claim 646

Description of the shutdown's severity in Rakhine State.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Description of the shutdown's severity in Rakhine State.
- Field: action
- Value: Total blockage of mobile data in Rakhine
- About: [incident 2021-myanmar-military-internet-shutdown](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2021-myanmar-military-internet-shutdown)
- Source: Journalists struggle to work amid extended internet shutdowns in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Kashmir. https://cpj.org/2021/05/journalists-shutdowns-myanmar-ethiopia-kashmir/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2021-05-03

## Quotation from the source

> It's a total blockage of mobile data in the northern cities and rural areas of Rakhine.

Source page: https://thewaronnews.com/claims/646. The War On News, CC BY 4.0.