Wednesday, March 26, 2008
How Much Is A Number Lock
censorship in Cuba under Castro's tyranny II hereditary
Havana opposition decries the most read blog of the island LA HABANA .- In what was reported as a new act of censorship, the government of Raul Castro blocked access by Cubans to page Yoani Sanchez, the most widely read blogger on the island.
Sanchez, whose critical blog "Generation Y" received 1.2 million hits in February, said Cubans can no longer visit their website ( www.desdecuba.com / generaciony ) or two other local bloggers Internet site on a server in Germany. All they can see on the page is a message that says "error downloading."
"So the anonymous censors of our famished cyberspace have tried to silence me in a room, turn off the light and not allow the entry of my friends, "wrote Yoani on his blog yesterday. He further stated that it can not enter directly into your web site from Cuba to update your message, but has found a way to circumvent their censors through an indirect route.
The woman, 32 years and specialist in philology, attracted a considerable readership by writing about her daily life in Cuba and describing economic hardships and political constraints of their country.
for his vague promises of change and minimal steps to improve the standard of living of Cubans, Yoani has criticized the new leader, Raul Castro, who formally assumed power delegated to him last month his brother Fidel was recovering from July 2006.
In a country where the press is controlled by the state and there is no independent media, Yoani Sanchez and other bloggers, from Cuba, found on the Internet a tool of expression that is not fully regulated.
"This burst of fresh air has disheveled the bureaucrats and censors," said Yoani by telephone and pledged to continue with his blog.
"Anyone who has some skill in handling the computer knows how to avoid them. The aim of the regime's censors is to block the entry of the readers in Cuba, where people have limited Internet access, "he added.
" They are recognizing "continued Yoani-that in Cuba there may be another way of thinking, but people will continue reading us somehow. There is no censorship that can block people who are determined to enter the Internet, "Sanchez concluded.
Source: The Nation
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