"Regardless of national circumstances, freedom of thought and expression are universal human rights. These freedoms, which modern people long for as the starving yearn for bread, can never justifiably be limited by nationalist sentiment, or hoped-for international gain."
- Orhan Pamuk, PEN Arthur Miller [Acceptance] Speech

It definitely sucks, you could use a proxy service to access the pages but we use a vpn account here and no site is blocked. there is www.bananavpn.com and www.vpnaccounts.com I haven't found a free one yet