TURKISH PARLIAMENTARIANS OFFER INTERNET CENSORSHIP
PanARMENIAN.Net
06.04.2007 17:04 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ A parliamentary committee has approved the decree
allowing the Turkish authorities to block web sites exposed as
offenders of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. The parliament intends to pass
the proposal though the date is not known yet, AP reports.
Such a law gives ok to the authorities to block the ‘defaulters’
as well as web sides of Kurds.
"Questioning the state’s integrity and offending Ataturk" are
criminally punishable crimes in compliance with article 301 of the
Turkish Penal Code.
The Guardian reminds that Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk and writer
Elif Shafak stood trial for "insulting Turkishness."
A month ago Turk Telecom was ordered to block access to YouTube, the
major portal, which posted video sketches outraging Araturk. Several
days later, when the sketches were deleted, Turk Telecom cancelled
the ban.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
