Internet restrictions curtail human rights, says US

Posted by Kendall Harmon

Many governments have used the internet to curtail freedom of expression at home, the US state department says in its latest annual human rights report.

In many cases new forms of electronic communications are restricted to control domestic dissent, it says.

The wide-ranging report also highlights continuing human rights violations in China against the Uighurs and extra-judicial killings in North Korea.

Iran, Sri Lanka, Burma and Switzerland also come in for criticism.

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Filed under: * Culture-WatchBlogging & the InternetGlobalizationLaw & Legal IssuesScience & Technology* International News & CommentaryAmerica/U.S.A.

2 Comments
Posted March 11, 2010 at 6:04 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Ad Orientem wrote:

Iran… check
Sri Lanka… check
Burma… check
Switzerland… DO WHAT?

March 11, 11:16 pm | [comment link]
2. LumenChristie wrote:

Yeah—what’s the issue in Switzerland?!

March 12, 8:15 am | [comment link]
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