Government lifts blockage on bhutantimes.com

Kathmandu, August 19: Bhutanese government has lifted its decision of blocking bhutantimes.com from being viewed inside the country. The earlier action had been taken because officials claimed the site had been covering 'controversial issues'.
 
A good decision has been taken by government: BT is now no longer blocked in Bhutan, quoted the online version of the BT, adding that it has upgraded the site to ensure the highest security for the readers. "We now have SSL technology (secure socket layers) which has about the same standard of encryption used in commerce over the internet," the BT said in a notice after the end of censorship.

Association of Press Freedom Activists Bhutan, International Federation of Journalists and many other press freedom fighters had expressed serious concern over the blockage imposed on the site that has become popular for dicussion among Bhutanese on various issues of national interests. Bhutan News Service