2009 April

29 April 2009

Egypt: Local Report Documents Violations against 43 Internet Users

Written by Noha Atef · Egypt

The prominent Egyptian NGO Hisham Mubarak Center for Law (HMCL) issued a report, titled “Egypt on the Crossroad …2008“, documenting the status of freedom of expression in the country during...

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27 April 2009

Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World

Written by Oiwan Lam · China, Malaysia

I have just announced the launching of Info-Rhizome: Report on Independent Media in the Chinese-speaking World at interlocals.net. Individual can download free copy from here. The book is consisted of...

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Malaysia: The New Infomation & Communications Minister makes good with bloggers

Written by Daniel Chandranayagam · Malaysia

Newly-minted Information, Communications and Culture Minister, Dr Rais Yatim, has called on Malaysian bloggers to help inculcate the “1Malaysia” concept, as espoused by new Prime Minister, Mr. Najib Razak. He...

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25 April 2009

Malaysia: RPK in hiding

Written by Daniel Chandranayagam · Malaysia

Popular Malaysian blogger and editor of the Malaysia Today website, Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK), failed to attend his sedition trial on April 23, 2009. As a result, the Sessions Court in...

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24 April 2009

Madagascar: Transitional government is trampling on freedom of speech

Written by Mialy Andriamananjara · Madagascar

A series of unfortunate decisions taken by the Andry TGV Rajoelina High Authority for the Transition (HAT) government is seriously threatening freedom of speech in Madagascar. First, there was the...

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22 April 2009

Egypt: A New Detention Order for a Blogger Arrested Since 2007

Written by Noha Atef · Egypt

In an unexplained action, Egyptian Ministry of Interior issued a new detention order for blogger and activist, Mos'ad Abu Fagr. The detained blogger was transferred again to Borg El Arab prison in Alexandria instead of north Sinai prison. This transfer imposes hardship on Abu Fagr's family to visit him, as they are based is the Sinai. Abu Fagr was arrested on 26 December 2007, but the court and D.A issued e

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21 April 2009

China: Free Wu Baoquan

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Soon after Wang Shuai's defamation case spread widely via media report and got strong public support, the Henan province police apologized to Wang and he was given a symbolic compensation...

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