Manpreet Singh, center, raises his fist while demonstrating against the Indian government outside the Indian Consulate in San Francisco on March 20, 2023.Photograph: NOAH BERGER/Getty Images
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People living in the Indian state of Punjab grappled with an internet
shutdown for days after police imposed a connectivity blackout while
searching for the Sikh activist Amritpal Singh. Singh is a member of the
Sikh Waris Punjab De movement and recently evaded arrest. More than 100
of his supporters have been arrested. Punjab's 27 million inhabitants
faced mobile data and SMS blocking as well as traffic filtering on
certain websites and services. For example, the government appeared to
have blocked access to prominent Sikh Twitter accounts, including that
of poet Rupi Kaur and the nonprofit United Sikhs. “Punjab Police India
continued its crackdown on Waris Punjab De elements wanted on criminal
charges,” the government of Punjab said in a Facebook post
on Monday. “Amritpal Singh remains a fugitive, and efforts are being
made to arrest him.” Protests have erupted in Punjab and around the
world over law enforcement treatment of Sikh Waris Punjab De and the
internet shutdown.
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