Chechen ‘terror’ site back
p2pnet.net News:- Kavkaz Center, the website which, says Mosnews, was used to claim responsibility for September’s school siege in southern Russia, among other terrorist acts, is back online.
Journalists complain of blow to Finnish freedom of expression, says the headline to a story which reads, “The recent removal of kavkazcenter.com, a Chechen rebel website from a Finnish server, has been seen by a number of Finnish journalists and politicians as an embarrassing blow to Finnish freedom of expression, and as a great victory for Russia in its information war on the issue of Chechnya.”
It says Mikael Storsjo, a Finn who hosted the site, was, “later persuaded by Finland’s Security Police (SUPO) to shut it down. The pages were online for two days. SUPO also confiscated Storsjo’s server for investigation.”
On Saturday the website was online again, says the post, going on, “but Storsjo had to rent a space from a server in Sweden for the purpose. This was seen as particularly embarrassing by those taking part in the discussion.
“Herkko Hietanen, a lawyer working for the Electronic Frontier Finland organisation, complained that freedom of expression was now for export.”
Finland interior minister Kari Rajamaki said SUPO engaged in “pre-emptive security work” because there was reason to suspect, “material that would incite people to commit crimes» might be published on the website,” says Kavkaz Center, adding that Finnnish MP Heidi Hautala, “emphasised that the blow suffered by freedom of expression was the most important aspect of the event – not necessarily the content of the website itself”.
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See:-
school siege – Chechen ‘terrorist’ site, p2pnet, November 15, 2004
terrorist attacks – Journalists complain of blow to Finnish freedom of expression, Kavkaz Center, November 16, 2004
November 16th, 2004 at 6:45 am
Kavkazcenter was already operated shortly in November from both Lithuania and Finland AFTER the closure of the site in those countries earlier this fall. The contents are lawful and in line with journalists’ ethic rules.
November 16th, 2004 at 10:55 am
Yep its still there, guess the russians and americans would want to close down a site which actually tells the truth – nothing worse than hearing the true side of a story!