China allows internet access again in Uyghur region of Xinjiang
Ten months after the unrest in China's Uyghur region of Xinjiang, Chinese authorities have restored Internet access there. At the same time, the government warned that it would take action against anyone who spreads «harmful information.».
According to the official news agency Xinhua, seven million people in Xinjiang use the internet. Internet services have been fully restored, the government of the autonomous region announced on Friday.
At the beginning of July, security forces crushed a peaceful demonstration by Uyghurs in the Muslim-majority region in the northwest of the country. According to the authorities, almost 200 people were killed in the ensuing clashes between members of the Muslim minority and Han Chinese, most of them Han Chinese. As a result, the authorities severely restricted communication channels: E-
Mail and Internet services were switched off and telephone calls were restricted to the region.
Even under normal circumstances, there is strict internet censorship in China. The almost 400 million users in the communist country are not allowed to access many foreign sites such as the Facebook internet network and the YouTube video portal.
At the beginning of July, security forces crushed a peaceful demonstration by Uyghurs in the Muslim-majority region in the northwest of the country. According to the authorities, almost 200 people were killed in the ensuing clashes between members of the Muslim minority and Han Chinese, most of them Han Chinese. As a result, the authorities severely restricted communication channels: E-
Mail and Internet services were switched off and telephone calls were restricted to the region.
Even under normal circumstances, there is strict internet censorship in China. The almost 400 million users in the communist country are not allowed to access many foreign sites such as the Facebook internet network and the YouTube video portal.
