2009 September

September, 2009

Monthly archive · 22 posts

Stories from September, 2009

19 September 2009

Syria: Blogger Kareem Arbaji Sentenced to Three Years in prison

Written by Razan · Syria

On September 13, 2009, the Syrian State Security Supreme Court sentenced the young blogger Kareem Arbaji to three-years prison for “publishing mendacious information liable to weaken the nation’s morale,” under...

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17 September 2009

Once again, Syria bans Facebook

Written by Tal Pavel · Syria

Editor's Note: Facebook has been blocked in Syria consistently for the past two years; therefore, the statement that a ban will be “reintroduced” is incorrect. The linked article from ‘Al...

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Tunisia: Journalist and blogger Abdallah Zouari rearrested

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Tunisia

Tunisian blogger and former political prisoner Abdallah Zouari has been arrested yesterday, 15 September 2009 by plainclothes agents in the southern city of Zarzis. During the 8 hours of arrest,...

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13 September 2009

China: Blue Dam activated

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Beijing government has recently required all Internet service providers (ISPs) and data centers to install a software called Blue Dam in all their servers. According to today's Taiwan Apple Daily...

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9 September 2009

Vietnamese Government Cracks Down On Bloggers

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Vietnam

In response to the fast growing citizen journalist movement, the Vietnamese government launched a new entity (Administration Agency for Radio, Television and Electronics Information) and decree to restrict Internet freedom, censor private blogs, and compel information technology companies to cooperate with authorities.

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Egypt Interrogating Netizen for a Blog Comment

Written by Ramy Raoof · Egypt

On September the 3rd, 2009, Khaled elBalshy, the Editor-In-Chief of the Al-Badeel newspaper, who maintains a personal blog at http://elbalshy.blogspot.com, was interrogated by the Interior Ministry's Internet Crimes department for...

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8 September 2009

China: Real name registration

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

In early August, major news portal websites have implemented real name registration. Netizens who want to post comment online have to fill up a registration form that collect data on...

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