Sri Lanka accused of Internet censorship
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From AFP
Tuesday 14 July 2009
Media rights group claims authorities blocked access to Websites that
criticised the government.
A media rights organization Tuesday accused Sri Lankan authorities of
blocking access to Web sites critical of the government and stifling
dissent.
The Paris-based Reporters without Borders, or RSF, said Sri Lanka most
recently blocked a site for reporting alleged incidents inside a camp for
civilians displaced by the war with Tamil Tiger rebels.
"The Lankanewsweb.com blocking is the latest evidence of a decline in
freedom of expression in Sri Lanka," RSF said in a statement.
It noted that the move followed the government's re-activation of the Press
Council, which has powers to jail reporters and media executives.
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Mark Perkins MLIS, MCLIP
www.markperkins.info
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