p2pnet news | Freedom:- Iran has blocked websites and blogs belonging to women’s rights and human rights campaigners, writers critical of the government and well-known journalists, says Agence France-Presse.

“The move follows a new directive sent out by a committee tasked with identifying illegal websites to Internet service providers, the reformist Etemad Melli newspaper said without giving a source,” says the story, continuing: several feminist websites including Meydaan-e Zanan (Women’s Field), Kanoon Zanan Irani (Iranian Women’s Centre), Shir Zanan which covers women’s sporting events, and “Change for Equality” are offline.

Specifically targeted is the “One Million Signatures” campaign sites launched in Iran,as well as Germany, Kuwait, Cyprus and the US, says AFP.

“The campaign seeks to change the Islamic republic’s laws for women in marriage, divorce, inheritance and child custody by collecting signatures online and in person,” it states, adding:

“With more than half the 70-million-strong population aged under 30, Iran has one of the highest number of bloggers in the world. Persian-language blogs have multiplied since a crackdown on the reformist press in 2000.”

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Agence France-Presse - Iran launches fresh crackdown on websites: report, May 20, 2008

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