Access to Radio Liberty and Voice of America Blocked Again
On the morning of December 8 access to the sites of the Azerbaijani services of Radio Liberty and The Voice of America was again blocked in Azerbaijan.
Attempts to enter the sites amerikaninsesi.org and azadliq.org fail. At the same time, the input from outside the country is carried out without problems.
The Ministry of Communication press office could not explain the reason for this, as well as the e-Security Center.
Recall that these sites have already been blocked in the period from 30 November to 2 December with the websites of the newspaper Azadlig and Meydan TV.
Access to the site was resumed after the meeting of the US State Department spokesman Michael Lally with Ilham Aliyev on December 2. -03B-
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