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For Reporter Without Borders, “Press Freedom is the Price for Democracy”
“For you, access to information costs one click. In China, it would have cost a journalist seven years in jail”. This is the message you will currently find on the New York Times website as well as on USATODAY.com.
Reporters Without Borders, an international organization advocating press freedom, defending journalists ...
Tunisia: blogger Fatma Riahi arrested and could face criminal libel charge
update 1: November 6th, 2009 - Lawyer Ben Debba said fatma has been transferred to Bouchoucha police station and might be summoned to appear before a public prosecutor.
update 2: November 7th, 2009 - Lawyer Ben Debba said that fatma has been released.
On Monday, November 2nd, 2009, Tunisian blogger and college ...
Iran: More attempts to control the people
These are just some of the actions that have been taken place in order to prevent Iranian Netizens from accessing the Web during the 4th of November:
According to some sources from Iran, the internet speed has become too low and even when using ADSL, it is hard to open emails ...
Introducing Threatened Voices
Today, Global Voices Advocacy is launching a new website called Threatened Voices to help track suppression of free speech online. It features a world map and an interactive timeline that help visualize the story of threats and arrests against bloggers worldwide, and it is a central platform to gather information from the most dedicated organisations and activists.
Thailand: Liberal Thai blocked by MICT!
Freedom Against Censorship Thailand (FACT).
We have just discovered free Thai language news site Liberal Thai blocked by a transparent proxy redirecting users to Thailand's ICT ministry.
Liberal Thai is a new websites which has been translating news articles in English into Thai making them accessible to Thai readers, particularly those from ...
Azerbaijan: Video blogger trial postponed… again
In what many consider to be a politically motivated trial to stifle dissent in Azerbaijan, video blogging youth activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli once again appeared in court today.
The two young activists, exemplary in their use of new media in the region, were unexpectedly detained in the early hours ...
United States:Aftermath of G20 protest suppression
Pittsburgh hosted G20 summit last month (September 22-25), which was marred by protests and the controversial way in which authorities went about suppressing dissent through Twitter.
Activist Elliot Madison who works with People's Law Collective, his home was raided by authorities, he and another man were accused of
" using Twitter ...
