Users in occupied parts of Lugansk region report over a hundred Ukrainian news sites as blocked. Images mixed by Tetyana Lokot.
More than one hundred Ukrainian news websites are currently inaccessible in the self-proclaimed “Lugansk People’s Republic,” a section of eastern Ukraine’s Lugansk region that has been occupied by a pro-Russian militia since shortly after the 2014 protests that led to the ousting of former president Viktor Yanukovych.
The separatist leaders say they are blocking access to news websites in order to protect citizens from the “destabilizing” influence of Ukrainian media. The blocking reportedly took hold on January 8, in compliance with …read more
Source: Global Voices
