MU outraged by site's blockage
The Midnight University yesterday issued a statement "opposing the closure of channels of free communication" and called on members of the public not to submit to the military junta's violation of people's rights.
The statement said the military leaders had thoughtlessly closed down websites that expressed dissenting views on the coup, showing that it was incapable of leading political reform that was free and equally open to all. The university's website has been blocked by the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry since Friday night. The statement said that it was not hard for the university to overcome this technical difficulty as it had received various offers from international hosting companies to host its website overseas. "We are of the opinion that the problem of availability of a public space is not technical in nature, but essentially political. And it has arisen because the self-proclaimed 'Council for Democratic Reform' [known as the Council for National Security from yesterday] has used its coup-begotten power to impose a blockage on public space. "Therefore, we need to fight this illegitimate power together right here in this land rather than evade it and find a new public space elsewhere."
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