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Written by Justin Hemlepp   
Monday, 17 March 2008
ImageContinuing what appears to be a trend in countries hardly known for human rights achievements, China has blocked access to the video-sharing site YouTube after prostests mount in Tibet. A court in Turkey has moved to do the same “in response to a video clip deemed insulting to the country’s revered founding father,” AP reports.
Also according to AP:
The blocking [in China] added to the Communist government’s efforts to control what the public saw and heard about protests that erupted Friday in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, against Chinese rule.

Access to YouTube.com, usually readily available in China, was blocked after videos appeared on the site Saturday showing foreign news reports about the Lhasa demonstrations, montages of photos and scenes from Tibet-related protests abroad.

[AP, NYTimes, Detroit Free Press]


Justin Hemlepp, executive editor of TheSequitur.com, is a third-year law student.
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How could you ever come up with the phrase 'hardly known for human rights achievements' just by a Youtube ban for a country? This is prejudgment at its finest form. Besides, the reason for the ban is not a controversial topic; like an opposition to government or something similar. The said video is purely an insulting video and nothing else. Insult and controversy are two completely separate things, and we all have to know this; especially law students of countries known for their human rights achievements. Please save yourself and all of us from your prejudgments.

Posted by herrdana, on 03/18/2008 at 06:09

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