{"id":3968,"date":"2022-10-17T11:39:23","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T11:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/en\/?p=3968"},"modified":"2022-12-24T20:23:12","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T20:23:12","slug":"women-life-and-internet-shutdowns-network-monitor-september-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filter.watch\/english\/2022\/10\/17\/women-life-and-internet-shutdowns-network-monitor-september-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Women, Life, and Internet Shutdowns: Network Monitor, September 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

On 13 September 2022, Iran\u2019s so-called \u201cmorality police\u201d <\/span>arrested<\/span><\/a> Mahsa Amini (Jina in Kurdish), a 22 year old Kurdish woman in Tehran for wearing \u201cimproper\u201d hijab according to the authorities. Within a few hours, authorities informed Mahsa\u2019s family that she had been taken to a hospital, where she<\/span> died<\/span><\/a> later the same week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While authorities denied any wrongdoing, Mahsa\u2019s death sparked a wave of <\/span>protests<\/span><\/a> across the country, with women at the forefront, calling for accountability for Mahsa\u2019s death and for freedom for women inside Iran. Protests eventually drew in larger crowds, morphing into wider anti-government protests. As protests began to escalate, Iranian authorities followed their <\/span>usual pattern<\/span><\/a> of crackdown on protests: internet disruptions, censorship, shutdowns, and use of force against protesters.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is difficult to give accurate figures of arrests and deaths inside Iran during the protests, however, according to a <\/span>report<\/span><\/a> published by the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA) on 12 October, at least 200 people have been killed - including 18 children- and an estimated 5,500 people have been arrested though actual figures may be much higher.<\/span><\/p>\n

As the death toll and arrest numbers continue to <\/span>rise<\/span><\/a> from a deadly crackdown, we have observed worrying developments around internet restrictions in Iran from the early days of the protests, designed to restrict communication on the ground and to prevent the flow of information into and out of the country. While internet disruptions and censorship during protests is not a new development in Iran, this time the government\u2019s approach is different to the last major protest in <\/span>November 2019<\/span><\/a> which saw a near-total nationwide internet shutdown imposed for around a week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the key developments and observations are detailed below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Key Events:<\/b><\/h1>\n