{"id":3026,"date":"2011-12-26T23:30:22","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/?p=3026"},"modified":"2011-12-26T23:30:22","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:30:22","slug":"we-are-blocked-but-we-will-not-be-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/we-are-blocked-but-we-will-not-be-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"We are blocked but we will not be stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Colombo Telegraph &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Access to <a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/<\/a> website and its mirror site \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/colombotelegraph.wordpress.com\/<\/a>\u00a0have been blocked in Sri Lanka by \u00a0Dialog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dialog.lk\/\">http:\/\/www.dialog.lk\/<\/a> \u00a0broadband Internet connections permanently since December 24,2011.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/access-denied.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3029\" title=\"access denied\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/access-denied.jpg?w=197\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/access-denied.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/access-denied-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/about\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a> has been blocked by all Internet Service Providers randomly and news based since November 4, 2011.\u00a0Several journalists, academics, lawyers and human rights activists based in Sri Lanka independently confirmed that they were unable to access the <a href=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\">http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/<\/a> website via Dialog from December 24.<\/p>\n<p>Colombo based an international award-winning citizens journalism website\u00a0<a title=\"Groundviews\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/groundviews\">groundviews<\/a> tweeted yesterday;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/colombotelegraph.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/zZedA1gB\" target=\"_blank\">colombotelegraph.com<\/a>, which has feat. critical content on\u00a0<a title=\"#lka\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23lka\">#lka<\/a>\u00a0&amp; Govt from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/wikileaks\">@wikileaks<\/a>\u00a0cables, blocked on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/dialoglk\">@dialoglk<\/a>. Why?\u00a0<a title=\"#srilanka\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search?q=%23srilanka\">#srilanka<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/lankasol\">@lankasol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#000000;\">And<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Colombo Telegraph&#8217;s main site &amp; wordpress.com mirror inaccessible on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/dialoglk\">@dialoglk<\/a>. WHY? 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