Sri Lanka Election Websites blocked
Reporters Without Borders reports that access to the independent news websites Lankaenews, Lankanewsweb, Infolanka and Sri Lanka Guardian has been blocked by the country's main Internet Service Provider.
"The authorities blocked access to several independent websites just hours before the results of a very close presidential election were due to be announced," Reporters Without Borders said. "The free flow of news and information during an election offers one of the few guarantees against massive fraud. We urge the government to restore access to these sites as the electoral commission has requested."
Speaking on condition of anonymity, a Lankaenews journalist told Reporters Without Borders that the site had been rendered inaccessible within Sri Lanka since the morning of 26 January by Sri Lanka Telecom (SLT), the country's main ISP. It can still be accessed from abroad. Other Internet users told Reporters Without Borders the site can also still be accessed via the privately-owned ISP Dialog Wemax.
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