November, 2010
Stories from November, 2010
25 November 2010
Egypt: Facebook Disables Popular Anti-Torture Page
Update 1: The deactivated page is back. According to an email received by the page admin, “After reviewing your situation, we have reinstated the page, and you should now be...
23 November 2010
Iran: We are all Computer Criminals
Iran's government has a law at its disposal that make it possible to label almost any Internet user a criminal. The “Law of Computer Crimes” (one law with 56 articles)...
Syria: New e-Publishing Law Announced
A new e-publishing law in Syria is now in its final stages for approval. The law has received considerable coverage since the drafting started in early 2010. The detail of...
22 November 2010
20 November 2010
19 November 2010
Azerbaijan: ‘Donkey bloggers' released
Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, two video blogging youth activists, were conditionally released late this week in Azerbaijan, the oil-rich former Soviet republic. However, both men maintain their innocence while international human rights groups and organizations consider the charges against them to be politically motivated.
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