2010 September

September, 2010

Monthly archive · 16 posts

Stories from September, 2010

29 September 2010

Iran: Derakhshan was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison

According to [fa] Mashregh News Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian jailed blogger, was sentenced to 19.5 years in prison. Read more here.

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Hanoi arrested blogger Pham Minh Hoang for peacefully expressing his political view

Written by Guest Contributor · Vietnam

Pham Minh Hoang, a blogger and lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute was arrested on August 13, 2010 for his blogging on democracy and social justice in Vietnam. Initially, the Vietnamese government detained him quietly but later acknowledged his arrest together with his three other colleagues: Pastor Duong Kim Khai, Ms Tran Thi Thuy and Mr Nguyen Thanh Tam. This was only after these arbitrary arrests were brought to the international attention by their colleagues from Viet Tan, a Vietnamese pro-democracy group.

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28 September 2010

China: Online novelist arrested for spreading obscenity

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

An online novelist, Yuan Ping (pseudo name), was arrested by the Dongguan city police for spreading obscene material on September 26. According to the report from Southern Metropolis, the novelist...

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24 September 2010

Thailand activist arrested after #IAL2010 needs your support!

Written by Renata Avila · Thailand

Chiranuch Premchaiporn, Prachatai director was arrested at Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport. A Journalist and anti-censorship believer (@Jiew on twitter) was returning from the Conference “Internet at Liberty 2010: The Promise and Peril of Free Expression” held in Budapest.

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21 September 2010

Mozambique: Government interference in SMS service

Written by Janet Gunter · Mozambique

Much noise was made around the world about how the popular unrest against the rises in the cost of living in Maputo on September 1-2 was propagated by SMS messages by mobile...

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20 September 2010

Iran: Jailed blogger, Hossein Derakhshan (”Hoder”) may face death penalty

Written by Fred Petrossian · Iran

A reliable source has told Global Voices that Tehran's prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for jailed Iranian blogger Hossein Derakhshan (also known as “Hoder”). The presiding judge, named Salavati,...

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Iran: Prosecutor seeks death penalty for Derakhshan

Written by Fred Petrossian · Iran

A knowledgeable source told Global Voices that Tehran's prosecutor seeks death penalty for Hossein Derakhshan, jailed blogger. Judge Salavati hasn't ruled yet. Hossein has been accused of “collaborating with enemy...

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