Turkey Blocks Access to Sputnik Website, Citing ’Administrative Measures’

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    Le site russe d’info Sputnik bloqué en Turquie par « mesures administratives » :
    ▻http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160414/1038031852/turkey-blocks-sputnik.html

    Continuing its crackdown on press freedoms, the Turkish government has blocked access to the Sputnik News Agency website.

    Ankara has justified its decision by citing “administrative measures.”

    “After technical analysis and legal consideration based on the law Nr. 5651, administration measure has been taken for this website (sputniknews.com) according to decision Nr. 490.05.01.2016.-56092 dated 14/04/2016 of the Presidency of Telecommunication and Communication,” reads message that appears for anyone trying to access the Turkish site.

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      OSCE media freedom representative concerned about state of Internet freedom in Turkey, calls for legal reform of Law 5651 | OSCE
      ▻http://www.osce.org/fom/233926

      OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today about the state of Internet freedom in Turkey, following the blocking of the Russian news agency Sputnik’s website in the country.

      “This blocking is only the latest in a series of issues that I have voiced over the years with regard to freedom of expression on the Internet in Turkey”, Mijatović said. “The problems stem from several provisions of Law 5651 that have been used to block websites in the country.”

      On 14 April, Turkey’s telecommunications authority TİB, citing technical analysis and legal consideration based on Article 8/A of Law Nr. 5651, blocked the Sputnik news website by an administrative measure. The news agency said they were not notified of the decision ahead of time.

      “Blocking websites is a highly disproportionate measure. It impedes on the public’s right to access information on the Internet and negatively impacts media pluralism and free expression,” Mijatović said, adding that currently more than 110,000 websites and thousands of news and social media related URLs are reportedly blocked from Turkey, many without judiciary oversight.

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