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
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