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Why is YouTube Blocked in Armenia?

March 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Why o why did this happen? The Republic of Armenia has declared a state of emergency because of the post-election protests. The government has closed TV, websites, radio, leaflets, everything. OneWorld Media has some great reporting on the topic and so does ArtMika at Unzipped Armenia.

Even ArmeniaNow.com is reporting by law only official news, as they clearly say on their homepage.

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Tags: Armenian · human rights · internet

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  • 1 Global Voices Online » Armenia: YouTube Blocked // Mar 10, 2008 at 6:29 am

    [...] on the blocking of YouTube under current state of emergency restrictions in Armenia. Hrag Vartanian asks perhaps rhetorically why this has happened, Blogoscoped posts an email and screenshot from a reader in Armenia confirming it has happened, [...]

  • 2 Armenia Election Monitor 2008 » Blog Archive » YouTube Blocked in Armenia // Mar 10, 2008 at 8:14 am

    [...] on the blocking of YouTubeunder current state of emergency restrictions in Armenia. Hrag Vartanian asks perhaps rhetorically why this has happened, Blogoscoped posts an email and screenshot from a reader in Armenia confirming it has happened, [...]

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