Burma cuts internet access
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28 Sep 2007, Iain Thomson , V3
The ruling junta in Burma has cut internet access to citizens in an attempt to stop footage of pro-democracy protests escaping the country.
Internet cafés have been closed and the state ISP is claiming that a damaged cable has led to a total internet shutdown across the country.
The latest protests have been filmed extensively on mobile phones and video cameras and sent across the web.
"They are going to delay the message, but they are not going to stop it," British journalist Dominic Faulder told Reuters. "This time, there will be more pictures and they will come out."
Burma is subject to some of the strictest censorship in the world, but images of the protests, including the beatings of Buddhist monks and the killing of a Japanese photographer, have all been sent out via the internet.
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The killing of Japanese photographer proves that Burmese brutal junta does whatever it takes to hold on power and they don't even hesitate to kill world's people, NOT just its own people. People of the world should show the strength of people power by pressuring their own respective governments to condemn and sanction Burmese brutal regime. We all should shame those countries such as china, Russia and asean countries which are helping Burmese regime in killing the people by supporting and doing businesses. Boycott the China Genocide Olympic 2008.
Posted by naing, 29 Sep 2007