Tajikistan: Access to Facebook, news sites blocked

05 Mar 2012

Local access to Facebook and two Russian-language websites has been blocked in Tajikistan, following articles critical of the country’s long serving president. Users attempting to access Facebook, tjknews.com or zvezda.ru are automatically re-directed to the home page of their provider. The shutdown was ordered by the state-run communications service after the two websites published articles critical of President Imomali Rakhmon. Several Facebook groups openly discuss politics and some users have been critical of the authorities.

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  1. jaune

    March 21, 2012 at 16:04

    i need a way to get on facebook but the school has it blocked so could you help me get on it

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