2009 November

November, 2009

Monthly archive · 19 posts

Stories from November, 2009

27 November 2009

Russia: Tatarstan Blogger Sentenced to Almost 2 Years in Penal Colony

On Nov. 26, the Kirov district court of Kazan, which is the capital of the Republic of Tartastan, convicted Irek Murtazin, a 45-year-old journalist and blogger, of defamation and incitement...

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China: Human rights webmaster sentenced to three years

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Huang Qi, founder of Tianwang Center for Missing Persons (later renamed as Tianwang Human Rights Center), was sentenced to three year imprisonment on November 23 in Chengdu Wuhou district court...

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26 November 2009

Iran: Internet senior officers will be trained to counter Internet activism

Written by Pendar · Iran, Middle East & North Africa

Recently, the Islamic Republic of Iran Intelligence Ministry announced that in order to counter Internet activism in Iran, senior officers will be trained. The minister of the intelligence counted internet...

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17 November 2009

Global Voices to screen 10 tactics for turning information into action in Beirut

Written by Faith Bosworth · Global

10 tactics for turning information into action is a documentary film, about rights advocacy, with a distinctive hands-on approach. The film features interviews with 25 rights advocates in 24 countries...

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16 November 2009

Purdue Professor facing criticism for his blog

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · USA

After Butler University, another Indiana university is now embroiled in online free speech debate. This time it is a Purdue University Professor who is facing lot of criticism for his...

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IGF2009: #UNfail?

Written by Renata Avila · China

A medium size poster, in English, promoting the 2nd ONI volume “Access Controlled” book was removed by the Internet Governance Forum security forces, because of a phrase on it saying:...

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15 November 2009

Chinese twitterers' expectation to Obama's China visit

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

The U.S president Barack Obama has just arrived at Shanghai and started his first official visit to China. In the past two weeks, Chinese twitterers have been using the tag...

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