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The Athens Indymedia website previously located at https://athens.indymedia.org
has been shut down by the Greek government according to tweets by
ruling party MP Adonis Georgiadis, seen here congratulating minister of
Public Order Nikos Dendias:
Instructions on accessing Athens Indymedia via Tor are available in Greek at the site’s alternate address at http://indymedia.squat.gr/ as well as info on a planned protest tomorrow at the University of Athens. The twitter hashtag to follow updates is #free_indymedia
Update 16:45 PM EDT According to Greek independent journalist site “ΚΑΤΑΛΗΨΗ ΕΣΗΕΑ”
the authorities achieved this by blocking internet access to the
servers of Athens Indymedia as well as the 98 FM radio station. No
official announcement has been issued yet.
Update 10:00 PM EDT Athens Indymedia has released an update
on their alternate address in Greek where they state that in addition
to the Indymedia site, two of their radio stations have also been shut
down in particular 98FM and Entasi FM as of afternoon local time of
Thursday April 11. They also confirm that internet service was
interrupted by the government after “prosecutorial pressure”.
This follows an earlier announcement (English version | Greek version)
by Entasi FM on Thursday where they claimed that the SKAI radio station
had pressed charges over a dispute about the frequency they were
broadcasting on. In a related early afternoon April 11 post
on the Greek blog “pitsirikos”, Entasi FM states that the police had
issued them an ultimatum to stop broadcasting from their studios at the
University of Athens campus within three days or face legal
consequences.
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