Title: Bangladesh blocks YouTube access Source:
Afterdawn.com URL Source:http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17206.cfm#comments Published:Mar 10, 2009 Author:y Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz Post Date:2009-03-10 00:53:51 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:997 Comments:3
The Bengali government has blocked access to video -sharing giant YouTube today after a video was posted showing a meeting between the Prime Minister and army soldiers.
The meeting occurred just 48 hours after a brutal mutiny in Dhaka left 70 people dead and the video shows about 40 minutes of a three hour meeting that reveals how angry the military is over the government's handling of the situation.
Over 200 guards have been arrested for their connection to the mutiny, and hundreds more are currently being sought.
Zia Ahmed, chairman of the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission, said the decision was made in the nation's "best interests" and added that, "the government can take any decision to stop any activity that threatens national unity and integrity."
Prime Minister Shekih Hasina was brutally jeered throughout the meeting, as angry army officials criticized the government's decision to negotiate with the mutineers instead of just crushing the rebellion.
One officer yelled at the Prime Minister during the meeting, "I do not understand who gave you that idea that it has to be solved politically... rebellion has to be crushed with force.
"But you have not done that... politics is not applicable everywhere... if one tank would have gone there or a commando platoon landed there, the [BDR] would have fled like ants... but none went... all my officers were killed helplessly… and you failed to do anything."
This is not the first time the video sharing site has been blocked. Since 2007, the site has been blocked in Thailand, Pakistan and China, each over politically-charged situations.
