24 April 2008

Stories from 24 April 2008

Vietnam: Blogger Dieu Cay arrested

  24 April 2008

If you go to YouTube right now you can easily find footage from most of the stops along the ongoing Beijing Olympic Sacred Flame torch relay. On the San Francisco leg, protesters went viral, covering the event through Twitter, video and even audio live updates. Come next Tuesday, however, what...

Egyptian activists released

  24 April 2008

Two Egyptian activists, Esraa Abdel Fattah Ahmed, who launched the “6 April” Facebook group and blogger Mohamed Sharkawy, have been released. Both Esraa and Sharkawy were arrested on 5 April while distributing leaflets announcing the 6 April strike.