Showing posts with label NGOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NGOs. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Close the Russian Wikipedia to protest the Internet law

The Russian version of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia on Tuesday closed its site in one day a protest against what they said were the plans of President Vladimir Putin to create their own version of "Great Wall of China" to block Internet dissidents. Supporters of the amendments of the law of information from Russia, who proposed the ruling party, United Russia, which will be discussed in Parliament on Wednesday, say the changes are necessary...