Yervant1 Posted September 11, 2014 Report Share Posted September 11, 2014 12:43 11/09/2014 » SOCIETYJulian Assange: Discussions about Armenian Genocide are being halted through censorship in Turkey (video) http://youtu.be/LIY_TyexnlA“Censorship in Turkey has advanced, because many were happy to see that with respect to Kurdish and Armenian Genocide issues. Now it has spread onto everything else,” said Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, during an online Q&A session with the participants of the Internet Governance Forum in Istanbul, Turkey.Samvel Martirosyan – information security expert who was invited to participate in the event – said to Life.Panorama.am that Edward Snowden was also scheduled to appear online in the forum, however in the last minute he was replaced by Assange due to technical issues.“In general, Assange criticized internet governance methods. Then he took upon Turkey and as an example and basis of internet censorship he mentioned Kurdish and Armenian Genocide issues, open discussions on both of which are avoided (in Turkey). He underlined once again that due to the Armenian Genocide issue Turkey is trying to keep the Ottoman archives closed,” the expert told Life.Panorama.am.According to Martirosyan, in another event entitled “Human rights protection on the Internet,” an internet activist from Turkey said there was no freedom in his country, alluding to the 45.000 websites and YouTube video hosting ban. In response, a representative of the Turkish authorities tried to explain to the audience that was being done in protection of children rights in the Internet. “Everyone in the audience started laughing loudly at this explanation of the Turkish official. Turkey is one of very few countries where freedom of speech is in dire situation. Participants from many different countries around the globe had been very concerned of this issue,” added Martirosyan. Source: Panorama.am Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yervant1 Posted September 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2014 TURKEY STRUGGLES TO CURB ACCESS TO OTTOMAN ARCHIVES BECAUSE OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDEYEREVAN, September 12. /ARKA/. Turkey is making every effort to preventopening up of the Ottoman Empire archives due to the problem of thegenocide against Armenians, founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange said."Censorship started rising in Turkey as many welcomed it for theKurdish issues and the genocide of Armenians. Today censorship hasspread to all fields", Assange said at an Internet forum held inIstanbul on September 5.Assange condemned the Internet management tools used in today'sTurkey. According to him, the Turkish censorship has its roots inthe efforts against two problems - the Kurds and the Armenian genocide.Earlier, the Turkish activist said access to some 45,000 and Youtubeis blocked for users in Turkey. In response, the Turkish authoritiesmade an attempt to say it is done to ensure children stay safe online.-0--http://arka.am/en/news/politics/turkey_struggles_to_curb_access_to_ottoman_archives_because_of_the_armenian_genocide/#sthash.0RGHTgW7.dpuf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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