Same Sky page blocked by MICT
31-05-09
Same Sky page blocked (again) by MICT
In Thai govt’s continuing effort to block alleged lese majeste at Same Sky / Fah Diew Kan, Thai ISPs have blocked this page:
http://www.sameskybooks.org/board/index.php?s3a582dbb921d57460c9b14e0ef2e75068showtopic=31538
Users return a “404 Page Not Found” error message, “500 Internal Server Error” or “Page Load Error: Address Not Found” error message.
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31-05-09 at 6:35
Now it’s “Address Not Found”, or whatever your browser returns on a DNS error… they have taken sameskeybooks.org out of their name servers. Disappeared sameskybooks.org
31-05-09 at 15:07
Just tried your link and got through ok.
31-05-09 at 22:41
I got through as well via TOT …
31-05-09 at 22:56
Discussion about access/blocking problems (in Thai) at:
http://www.sameskybooks.org/board/index.php?showtopic=31538
People complain about not being able to login and fake error pages …
You can download an archive for offline reading at:
http://www.sameskybooks.org/media/miniboard2.zip
Python needed. This version (0.9 beta) is from 8 March 2009.
Instructions:
1. Unzip 2. Install Python (included) 3. Right-click start.py and choose “python” 4. Open http://localhost:8080/ in your browser.
5. Enjoy!
01-06-09 at 9:57
I was able to get to it with no trouble, but today noted that the Thai censors have hit Wikipedia at this URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej with the police stating there are inappropriate photos or information on the site so it is not available. It is the original article link to Bhumibol Adulyadej. Hotspot allowed access, however.
01-06-09 at 20:02
I no longer have trouble getting to same sky.
I tried the wikipedia page and had no trouble either… it’s a very good page, attempting a rundown of the reign of HM King Bhumipol in parallel with the political… military, really… history of Thailand.
One thing I noted at wikipedia was that the Bangkok Post was one of two Thai newspapers to have published the forged picture of what was claimed to be the hanging in effigy of the crown prince.
It seems that all Thai institutions remain true to their roots, even thirty-three years later. Including the foreign ones. The military can count on the Post today just as it could thirty-three years ago.
The article identifying the Post as one of two tools the military used that time round was written in 1996 and called Bangkok Postcard.
The real story behind the reenactment of the contemporary, brutal murders of two labor activists by the police at Thammasatt on 4 October 1976 (NOT the hanging in effigy of the crown prince or anyone else) can be found in a paper written right after the event itself by Puey Ungphakorn, and made available by the PPT : Violence and the Military Coup in Thailand.
Thanks for the pointer to the wikipedia article, Frank. And thanks to PPT for the article by Puey, and all the other articles they’ve made and continue to make available.
02-06-09 at 8:56
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