Topic: POLITIK - on December 18, 2011 at 12:10:00 PM CET
Kazakhstan Disables the Internet
Kazakhstan's president on Saturday imposed a three-week state of emergency in an oil town where 10 people were killed in a clash between police and demonstrators. The city of Zhanaozen has had their internet and local cellphone towers disabled. They claim that they have gained control of the people by imposing a curfew. According to the associated press, internet users are unable to open several independent news sites from Zhanaozen since the disturbance began.
As of now, hactivist group telecomix has stepped in to help restore the internet to the town of Zhanaozen. Internet censorship is not an acceptable way to control people. Similar to how they helped egypt, dial up internet servers are being set up so that people in Kazakhstan will be able to communicate on dial up soon.
washingtonpost.com socialistworld.net State of emergency declared in town in western Kazakhstan after riots telecomix.org
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