Uzbekistan: We lack the capacities to restrict access to Internet

Submitted by nart on 4 June, 2005 - 08:49.

Uzbek Foreign Minister Eljer Ganiyev says that Uzbekistan "lack[s] the capacities and technical abilities to restrict [Internet] access". This statement was reportedly met with sneers. Uzbekistan, in fact, blocks access to many websites critical of the Karimov government.

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