Media watchdog unblocks banned websites in 11 countries

Media watchdog unblocks banned websites in 11 countries
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
03/12/2015 2:44 PM 03/12/2015 2:45 PM

PARIS
Media monitoring group Reporters Without Borders says it is providing
access to websites banned in Russia, Iran and nine other countries in a
bid to counter government pressure.

The group said Thursday that it created secured mirror sites, or copies
of the original sites, and put them on hosting services provided by
Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Governments could still block those
services, but Paris-based Reporters Without Borders says that could have
broad fallout.

Among sites unblocked is Grani.ru, which is critical of the Russian
government and was banned a year ago. Also accessible Thursday were
Hablemos Press in Cuba and Gooya News in Iran.

Access to two sites in China, The Tibet Post and Mingjing News, remained
limited after the launch.

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