In impressing upon the Ethiopian government to let go of the internet, instead of restricting the little available access, which is paid for so dearly by end users, may I give our opposite example.<br><br>In a CCK adverstisement appearing on today's Daily Nation (
pp.39) it is delightful to observe the opposite path our governement has taken in ensuring every district and all populous divisional headquarters are connected by "open access" fibre.<br><br>Furthermore, our draft Kenya Information and Communication Bill - 2006 prohibits the Regulator from controlling content.
<br><br>When I learnt the poem "who killed cock robin" as a child, I had no idea it would make any sense in my grown life.
But with the so called technical gliches this robin poem <<a href="http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/robin.htm">http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/robin.htm</a>> now makes even more sense.<br><br><b><a name="10eadacf0cddf4ce_124c">
</a></b><br>Alex Gakuru<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/3/06,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Rosa Delgado</b> <<a href="mailto:rosa@delgado.aero" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">rosa@delgado.aero</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think all these cases of censure need a reaction from ISOC.<br><br>FYI, since May 2006, the top five most popular Ethiopian web sites<br>(including CyberEthiopia) and several blogs have been blocked and are<br>inaccessible across Ethiopia. The apparent objective is to prevent the
<br>dissemination of information that is critical of the current regime.<br><br>See<br><a href="http://www.cyberethiopia.com/net/docs/internet_repression_in_ethiopia.ht" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://www.cyberethiopia.com/net/docs/internet_repression_in_ethiopia.ht
</a><br>ml<br><br>RSF had also reported the censorship along with other media watchdogs<br>and had called on the relevant ministries in Ethiopia, but no reaction<br>so far.<br><br><a href="http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17783" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
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