Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: ONI Releases Belarus Internet Watch Report
Indirect methods to disrupt Internet access to opposition websites during elections may be the way of the future in democratically-challenged countries. Today the Open Net Initiative releases its first Internet Watch Report the Internet and Elections: The 2006 Presidential Election...
ONI Blog: OpenNet Initiative to Monitor Internet during the Belarus Presidential Elections
Cambridge (UK), Oxford, Toronto & Cambridge (Mass), 17 March 2006 (ONI). The OpenNet Initiative (ONI) is monitoring for disruptions to Internet access during Belarus’ presidential elections this Sunday (19 March 2006). ONI is testing for evidence of filtering and other denials of...
ONI Blog: Uzbekistan: We lack the capacities to restrict access to Internet
Uzbek Foreign Minister Eljer Ganiyev says that Uzbekistan "lack[s] the capacities and technical abilities to restrict [Internet] access". This statement was reportedly met with sneers. Uzbekistan, in fact, blocks access to many websites critical of the Karimov government. ...
- Posted on 04/Jun/2005; tagged in Uzbekistan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: Ukraine: New Decree Requiring Website Registration
As reported by Reporters Without Borders, the Ukraine has adopted a new decree requiring website to be registered. To comply with the decree, websites "must not sites must not call for "a change of government through violence" or support "terrorism", not...
- Posted on 30/May/2005; tagged in Ukraine, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
ONI Blog: Special Coverage #4: Kyrgyz Elections Monitor Interim Findings
Kyrgyz Elections Monitor Interim Findings: No filtering, but effective use of Computer Network Attack forced ISPs to silence opposition media
ONI, Bishkek, 15 April 2005. The OpenNet Initiative’s comprehensive monitoring of the Internet in Kyrgyzstan concludes this week revealing damaging effects of Computer...
- Posted on 15/Apr/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
Report: Special Report: Election Monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
February, 2005
Last Updated: April 15, 2005
Contents:
- 1. Kyrgyz Websites subject to unexplained failure and hacking during the Parliamentary Elections
- 2. Network-based Attacks on Kyrgz ISPs Continue
- 3. Information War Intensifies as Unrest in Kyrgyzstan Continues - Motives Remain Unclear...
- Posted on 15/Apr/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Special Coverage: Information War Intensifies as Unrest in Kyrgyzstan Continues - Motives Remain Unclear as Disruptions Increase
Bishkek, 5 March February 2005 (ONI). The Kyrgyz Internet is becoming a battleground as unrest triggered by last week's inconclusive parliamentary vote spreads. Two leading Internet Service providers are embattled from an alleged hacker attack and pressure to remove information about growing...
- Posted on 05/Mar/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Special Coverage: Network-based Attacks on Kyrgz ISPs Continue
Bishkek, 2 March February 2005 (ONI). Sustained Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDOS) continue to affect the operations of Kyrgyzstan’s’ leading ISPs. Three days of attacks are seriously affecting web hosting servers at Elcat and Asiainfo and overloading their international connections to...
- Posted on 02/Mar/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Special Coverage: Kyrgyz Websites subject to unexplained failure and hacking during the Parliamentary Elections
Bishkek, 28 February 2005 (ONI). Websites belonging to political parties and independent media were subject to unexplained technical failures and deliberate hacking during Kyrgyzstan’s recent Parliamentary elections. Researchers from the Open Net Initiative documented a pattern of failures that suggest a deliberate...
- Posted on 28/Feb/2005; tagged in Kyrgyzstan, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Publications
ONI Blog: Russian Communications Minister Opposes Internet Censorship
Russia's Information Technologies and Communications Minister has gone on record "against any kinds of filters" for the Internet, a stark contrast to the position of other Russian government officials....
- Posted on 03/Feb/2005; tagged in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
