http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org Defending Free Speech Online Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:29:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/01/oni-ethiopia-blocks-opposition-sites-and-millions-of-blogs/ http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/01/oni-ethiopia-blocks-opposition-sites-and-millions-of-blogs/#comments Tue, 01 May 2007 16:17:04 +0000 Sami Ben Gharbia http://advocacy.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/05/01/oni-ethiopia-blocks-opposition-sites-and-millions-of-blogs/ According to The Openet Initiative, the Ethiopian authorities are blocking access to oppositions websites and blogs hosted by Blogger. “Most of the sites that we found blocked were related to freedom of expression, human rights and political opposition,” OpenNet research director Robert Faris said to Reuters. “I think it’s a decision that makes the Ethiopian government look extremely hostile to free speech and to open political discourse,” said Ethan Zuckerman, co-fonder of Global Voices.

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