Internet censorship in Uzbekistan is worsening

It is common knowledge that the Internet in Uzbekistan is censored. The authorities have been filtering out the web resources whose loyalty is suspicious for five years already.

The censorship was total - and particularly so after the so called events in Andijan - but the authorities have never admitted its existence. Former Foreign Minister Eljer Ganiyev denied existence of Internet censorship with gusto just a year ago. "We live in the era of computer technologies, and all statements that the Internet is somehow censored or anything are a height of naivete," Ganiyev told foreign journalists once.