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After disrupting a meeting of free-speech advocates in Egypt, the UN is being criticized for stifling debate about net censorship.
Text of press release published by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on 19 August New York, 19 August: Research published today by OpenNet Initiative says that more than 50 websites related to news, human rights, and pro-Tibet groups were blocked in Beijing and in the Olympics Main Press Centre as the Games were about to begin.
On 29 September, amid widespread anti-government protests, the Burmese military government abruptly shut down internet connectivity in an attempt to prevent information reaching a wider international audience.
(Correction: Amending timeline to correspond exactly with timeline in ONI report) On 29 September, amid widespread anti-government protests, the Burmese military government abruptly shut down internet connectivity in an attempt to prevent information reaching a wider international audience.