2011 February

February, 2011

Monthly archive · 15 posts

Stories from February, 2011

9 February 2011

Thailand: Free speech on trial - day three

Day Three - MICT’s legal advisor testifies: “Freedom has its limits.” (Day one and day two trial) The third day for prosecution witnesses in the trial of Prachatai webmaster Chiranuch...

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Thailand: Free speech on trial (day two)

Written by CJ Hinke · Thailand

Day Two: Thailand’s chief censor continues in Prachatai trial (Day one trial see) The second day in the lèse majesté trial against Chiranuch Premchaiporn, webmaster of Thai independent news portal,...

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China: Censorship instructions in January 2011

Written by Oiwan Lam · China

In China, censorship instructions are issued by a number of government and CCP authorities. The China Digital Times has translated a number of censorship instructions issued in January 2011 to...

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Egypt: Sequence of Communication Shutdown during 2011 Uprising

Written by Ramy Raoof · Egypt

25 January 2011 was the day when people of Egypt went to the streets in several proveniences to demonstrate against President Mubarak and the current regime. Online platforms and social...

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7 February 2011

Advocacy Recap

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · USA, Vietnam

After blogging about free speech issues and dangers faced by bloggers and reporters in various parts of the world, I think it would be nice to look back and check...

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5 February 2011

Thai webmaster facing 50 years for lèse majesté postings

Written by CJ Hinke · Thailand

The trial of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, nicknamed Jiew, opened on Friday at Bangkok’s Criminal Court, the venue changed to Courtroom 701. A larger courtroom was needed due to an unprecedented number of observers from numerous Thai and foreign NGOs, local and international media, and foreign embassies.

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3 February 2011

Malaysia too wants to monitor the bloggers

Written by Bhumika Ghimire · Malaysia

Following Saudi Arabia's decision to closely monitor bloggers and online news sites, Malaysia is proposing guidelines to reign in the blogosphere. The Malay Mail said on January 27,2011, Yesterday, Minister...

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