2009 July

July, 2009

Monthly archive · 16 posts

Stories from July, 2009

17 July 2009

China: Netizens arrested for gang rape scandal in Fujian

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Yesterday (July 16) in early morning, twitterer amoiist sent out a mobile message to twitter saying: “I have been arrested by Mawei police, SOS.” And the second message is: “Pls...

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13 July 2009

Egypt: No to Illegal Confiscation of Personal Devices

Written by Ramy Raoof · Egypt

On the 30th of June 2009, the security officers at Cairo International Airport have detained an activist blogger, Wael Abbas, who frequently writes about torture cases and police abuse in Egypt. Mr. Abbas was also frisked and the officers confiscated his laptop computer and other belongings.

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Australia debates internet censorship

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Australia

It is not only China or Iran. Australia is debating internet censorship, in its case to protect children from online predators. But the proposal is off to a rocky start...

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12 July 2009

Azerbaijan: Youth activist, prominent blogger imprisoned after trial behind closed doors

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Azerbaijan

In what might be the first case of a blogger being assaulted and detained in the South Caucasus, two youth activists were yesterday imprisoned for two months pre-trial investigative detention in what many consider to be a travesty of justice.

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8 July 2009

Uighurbiz.cn's founder detained

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

In twitter, a number of retweets said that IIham Tohti, a Uighur professor in Minzu university of China and founder of Uighurbiz.cn has been detained. According to Xinjiang Governor Nur...

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7 July 2009

Information on riots in Urumqi slow to come by

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · China

China’s Muslim ethnic minority-the Uighurs are facing Beijing’s wrath after riots broke out in city of Urumqi in province of Xinjiang. The government has largely censored news, pictures and videos...

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Tunisia: Facebook user jailed for spreading rumors liable to disrupt public order

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Tunisia

On Saturday, July 4, 2009, The 8th Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Tunis has condemned a Tunisian professor, Dr Khedija Arfaoui, to eight months in prison for spreading rumors, on the social networking website Facebook, liable to disrupt public order.

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