2011 January

January, 2011

Monthly archive · 14 posts

Stories from January, 2011

14 January 2011

China: A man arrested for micro-blogging about Taxi driver strike

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

According to NDdaily, a man, known as Mr. Zhou, was arrested for micro-blogging a Taxi driver strike at Xianning city in Hubei province on December 19, 2010 under the charge...

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13 January 2011

Is the Tunisian internet censorship regime shutting down?

Written by Ben Wagner · Tunisia

Following persistent widespread protests in Tunisia in recent days and the impending general strike tomorrow, Tunisian President Ben Ali held a speech on the state television chanel Tunisie7 this evening...

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12 January 2011

Iran: Blocking activity, email interception, and renewed pressure on the Green Movement

Written by Cameran Ashraf · Iran

The Tor Project reports that the Iranian firewall is now blocking or throttling Tor, a number of other circumvention tools as well as SSL. They recommend using bridges that are...

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11 January 2011

Saudi policy on blogging criticized

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia has for long faced criticism and scrutiny for not allowing the country's press and the people to express themselves without any fear of reprisal. The criticism is sure...

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7 January 2011

Tunisia : Blogger, Global Voices contributor, Slim Amamou arrested today

Written by Guest Contributor · Tunisia

Activist and blogger Slim Amamou was arrested today, January 6, around 1pm. At this time, his friends and colleagues have no news from him, nor do we know the exact circumstances of his arrest. He had to go to work after completing a technical inspection of his vehicle. The latest news from Slim was a tweet around 1pm.

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5 January 2011

China: An alleged list of banned SMS terms

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

Elaine Chow from Shanghaiist reports on an alleged list of banned SMS by major mobile companies in China in 2010. The documents, distributed by @zuola via Twitter, are claimed to...

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4 January 2011

Taiwan restricting the press?

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · China, Taiwan

Reports suggest Taiwan is restricting the press and Freedom House has downgraded the island nation in its annual global free press report. According to The Christian Science Monitor, “Freedom of speech and...

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