Senegal cut mobile internet access on Tuesday
ahead of a banned march against the postponement of a presidential election, and rights groups accused the authorities of using overly repressive tactics to stifle widespread opposition to the delay.
In a statement, the communications ministry said the suspension was necessary because hateful and subversive online messages had provoked the previous unrest. Three people were killed and around 270 reportedly detained during the protests that swept the capital Dakar and several other Senegalese cities on Friday and Saturday.
Sall has said the election delay was necessary because electoral disputes threatened the credibility of the vote, but some opposition lawmakers and civil society groups have denounced it as an “institutional coup”.
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