From: glevy-AT-acnet.pratt.edu Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 14:21:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: email repression in Belarus I thought you might be interested in the following story. Is it a sign of the times? -- Jerry Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 08:45:54 -0700 From: dilek cetindamar karaomerlioglu <dxk15-AT-rabbit.INS.CWRU.Edu> Subject: [PEN-L:4476] email repression in Belarus It seems "BIG BROTHER WATCHES YOU" everywhere!! Dilek >------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- >From: nextlife-AT-glas.apc.org (Irina Lobko) (by way of Alyson Ewald <alyson-AT-isar.kiev.ua>) >To: "Environmental Issues in Central and Eastern Europe List" <ENVCEE-L-AT-fs2.bp.rec.hu> >Subject: email repression in Belarus >Date: Thu, 30 May 1996 13:38:21 +0300 > >Dear friends, > >I received the following disturbing message from friends in Minsk today and >translated it. Feel free to forward it further. Please excuse cross-postings. > >Alyson >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >May 23, 1996 > >New Rules for Working on the Internet in Belarus > >The President's Administration has made a special decree obligating all >users of the Internet in the country to register with the police. Everyone >who has an electronic mail address in a state-run or independent network >must report to the local regional station. > >According to the official version, this is linked with the battle against >anti-governmental information and with the suppression of >enemy-of-the-people provocation. The deadline for registration is 30 days. >Serious punishments, which are not outlined in the text of the decree, await >those who do not register. According to the opinion of a highly-placed >Administration official, the new decree will assist "the healthy development >of the information industry of the country." > >PC World Belarus magazine >#2, 1996 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Copyright © "RM", 1996. All right reserved. >WWW: designed & provided by Mediacom information company >Server: Relis of "Relcom" corp. > --- from list marxism2-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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