China Immediately Unblock Internet Access

The government plans to revoke China’s blocking of Internet access and blocking other telecommunications services such as message and international calls in the Xinjiang region. After the riots that occurred earlier in July, the government of China known to directly block the internet.

“Based on the reality on the ground, the government will gradually restore Internet access services and opened the Sort message service and international calls,” said a government official as reported by AFP on Wednesday (30/12/2009).

Unrest that occurred in Xinjiang on July 5, 2009 involving two groups of Muslim Uighurs and ethnic Han majority. It is estimated that the riots killed 197 people and is considered the worst violence the last decade.

At that time, the Government of China simply shut down all internet access to all information relating to the riots did not spread outside of Xinjiang.

Government assess the terrorists, separatists and religious extremists use the Internet and text messaging to spread rumors that causes the violence in July.

But the population in Xinjiang have complained that the policy is to make people isolated from the outside world due to the closing of Internet access and long distance telephone.

Seeing the security situation in the region began conducive to the government has decided to open access to communications began December 28, 2009 after obtaining approval from the central government.

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