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Article: RIGHTS-MIDEAST: REGION LAGS ON CITIZEN ACCESS TO INTERNET
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- Inter Press Service English News Wire
- Article date:
- July 8, 1999
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Inter Press Service English News Wire
07-08-1999
WASHINGTON, Jul. 8 (IPS) -- The governments of the Middle East
and North Africa are lagging far behind other regions in the world
in encouraging citizens' access to the Internet, according to a new
report released today by Human Rights Watch (HRW).
The 96-page report, titled "The Internet in the Mideast and
North Africa: Free Expression and Censorship," notes that all but
three governments in the region permit some local access to the
global communications network.
However, it adds, many of the region's governments use
censorship and other restrictions -- including high
telecommunications tariffs -- to control what their citizens can
receive and ...