Uzbekistan blocks news sites and bans newspapers
Uzbek officials block news outlets amid massive protests
Uzbek authorities shuttered several foreign and domestic media outlets today during massive anti-government protests in the northeastern city of Andijan, leaving citizens without access to independent news about the unrest, according to local and international press reports.
Authorities blocked access to the foreign television channels CNN, BBC, and Moscow-based NTV at noon after 4,000 protesters stormed a prison in Andijan, freed up to 2,000 inmates, and seized the city administration building earlier in the day, according to press reports.
Major news Web sites such as Ferghana.ru, Lenta.ru, and Gazeta.ru were inaccessible for several hours in the country, according to local press reports. In Andijan, authorities took the popular radio station Didor off the air. Journalists said the city was unreachable by mobile telephone and had only limited landline connections.
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