Kazakhstan Disables the Internet
Kazakhstan's president on Saturday imposed a three-week state of emergency in an oil town where 10 people were killed in a clash between police and demonstrators. The city of Zhanaozen has had their internet and local cellphone towers disabled. They claim that they have gained control of the people by imposing a curfew. According to the associated press, internet users are unable to open several independent news sites from Zhanaozen since the disturbance began.The blame on all these disturbances seems to be aimed at a bunch of oil workers who had participated in a month long sit down strike, asking for higher wages. Since then, Kazakhstan has labeled them extremists and fired many of them. As of today Kazakhstan celebrates it's 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan's independence, and protests are seen as a major problem.
As of now, hactivist group telecomix has stepped in to help restore the internet to the town of Zhanaozen. Internet censorship is not an acceptable way to control people. Similar to how they helped egypt, dial up internet servers are being set up so that people in Kazakhstan will be able to communicate on dial up soon.
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