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Almaty, Kazakhstan. Independent news outlets say authorities in Uzbekistan have blocked dozens of Internet sites in an apparent attempt to further stem the flow of information into the authoritarian Central Asian nation.
Uzbekistan-focused news portal UzNews.net said Thursday that out of 65 Russia-based news websites, at least 29 appear to have been made unavailable.
Many Central Asian sites have also been affected by the blockage.
Filtering by the authorities of foreign sites featuring news on Uzbekistan has been commonplace for several years. Most major international news agencies, including The Associated Press, are banned from reporting in Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan has been ruled for more than two decades by President Islam Karimov, who tolerates no dissent and harshly clamps down on all opposition to his regime.
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