www.prachatai1.info has been blocked by the CRES since about 11 am today. www.prachatai.com, the original, was among the first batch of 36 websites ordered blocked by the CRES on 8 April. Its domain name was changed to www.prachatai.net until it was blocked on 5 May. Prachatai then changed its domain name to www.prachatai1.com which was immediately blocked on the same day. www.prachatai.info could continue until 20 May, and had to change to www.prachatai1.info until today. As of now (4.31 pm, 26 May), Prachatai can be accessed at www.prachatai2.info.
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