John Kennedy

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20 May 2008

China: Ethnically diverse forum shut down

Written by John Kennedy · China

[Sept. 6 update: Northwest Chinese netizens allowed to exist again! Thanks to Fool's Mountain we see that Uighur Online is back and living up to its name.] On May 15,...

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8 May 2008

Malaysia: Vigil for jailed Raja Petra this evening

Written by John Kennedy · Malaysia

Take note of what's been happening in Malaysia these past few days since popular blogger and political commentator Raja Petra Kamarudin, 58, was imprisoned on Tuesday after a trial which...

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24 April 2008

Vietnam: Blogger Dieu Cay arrested

Written by John Kennedy · Vietnam

If you go to YouTube right now you can easily find footage from most of the stops along the ongoing Beijing Olympic Sacred Flame torch relay. On the San Francisco...

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13 April 2008

Zeng Jinyan speaks out on Hu Jia's sentencing

Written by John Kennedy · China

On the day after her husband's sentence to 3.5 years in prison for his blogging activities, house arrested blogger Zeng Jinyan wrote a letter explaining her side to their story....

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3 April 2008

Hu Jia sentenced to 3.5 years

Written by John Kennedy · China

After spending over four months in detention, Beijing-based blogger Hu Jia was sentenced today to 3.5 years in prison for “state subversion,” which, according to his lawyer Li Fangping, is...

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China: Hu Jia to be sentenced today

Written by John Kennedy · China

Hu Jia goes back on ‘trial' in a few hours where it is expected he will be handed down a sentence of up to five years in prison based on...

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16 March 2008

China: YouTube blocked yet again

Written by John Kennedy · China

[updates below] As Tibet transitioned into total lockdown and videos of the violent situation proliferated on YouTube, people began noticing Saturday afternoon in China that the video-sharing website could not...

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