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A Smuggled Video

By The Daily Dish
Jun 17 2009, 5:16 AM ET

It's here. The text:

We didn't want to rebel, but we want freedom, democracy and equality. We can't use the Internet to get the news, all websites have been filtered and mobiles are jammed. FriendFeed, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and all social networks are also filtered. All the news agencies are also filtered and some newspapers have closed.

[The authorities] have lowered Internet speed to such a low rate that we cannot follow the news with it. Our state media is also cooperating with the government they don't show any news at all. All these things signify what we're going through right now.”


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