US Shuts Down Tourism Sites Promoting Countries with Oppressive Regimes
By Dave Wieneke on Mar 6, 2008 in Free speech / censorship | comments(0)
Yesterday’s New York Times reported the US Treasury has closed down dozens of websites operated by Steve Marshall, a British travel agent living in Spain.
Mr. Marshall’s websites, such as BonjourCuba, promote Cuban vacations to Europeans. But that was enough for him to be added to Treasury’s list of Specially Designated Nationals, which is the business equivalent of a “no-fly” list. US firms are required to freeze the assets of anyone on the list. (Note the lack of a judge in this process.)