Belarus - Belarusian authorities impose alarming Internet controls

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The already very limited freedom of information in Belarus has been drastically reduced even further by government moves in the past few days that include the blocking of many independent news websites and the passing of a new media-Internet law. Media law amendments that tighten the information ministry's grip on the Internet were quietly passed by parliament on 17 and 18 December and were signed into law by President Alexander Lukashenko on 20 December. At the same time, many independent (...)

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