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29 March 2013

Togo: Victory for Media Freedom, but Clashes Continue

Written by WITNESS · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights

This week, journalists in the West African nation of Togo celebrated the Constitutional Court's decision to throw out a recent law restricting media freedom. But with elections approaching, crackdowns on the press have continued, with some turning violent. This post features a series of citizen videos collected from YouTube and Twitter and curated on WITNESS' Human Rights Channel on YouTube.

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27 March 2013

Oman: Online Activists Freed

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Middle East & North Africa, Oman

On 21 March, the Sultan of Oman issued a pardon for online activists and writers convicted on charges of insulting the ruler, "information technology crimes" and taking part in unauthorized protests. The move, which came as a surprise to most observers, runs counter to increasing attacks against online freedom of expression in the region.

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26 January 2013

Video Advocacy Races Forward: 2012’s Dangers & 2013’s Solutions

Written by WITNESS · Activism, Advocacy, Anonymity, Arrest and Harassment, Bahrain, Brazil, Burma, China, Feature, Global, Human Rights, Latin America, Middle East & North Africa, Saudi Arabia, Surveillance, Syria

Video is increasingly at the nexus of opportunity and danger for human rights activists. Video helps activists to document, confront, circumvent, and lobby against oppressive authorities—but it also allows those authorities to stalk them. Here's what we think will happen in 2013.

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19 January 2013

South Korea: Stricter Online Games Regulations Face Discontent

Written by Jae Yeon KIM · Activism, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Intellectual Property, Law, News, Privacy, Regulation, South Korea, Surveillance, Threatened Voices

The South Korean government in on the offensive against online games addiction. But the policy is increasingly controversial among South Korean youth, says our author Jae Yeon Kim.

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7 January 2013

China: Sina Weibo Manager Discloses Internal Censorship Practices

Written by Oiwan Lam · China, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Internet governance, News, Regulation, Southeast Asia

One Sina Weibo manager , frustrated by the pressure from the Propaganda Department imposed upon him and his colleagues, forcing them to censor a controversial editorial, writes an inside story to explain his difficult position.

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30 December 2012

Bahrain: Tweet Leads Human Rights Activist to Prison

Written by Hisham Almiraat · Activism, Advocacy, Arrest and Harassment, Bahrain, Campaign, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Middle East & North Africa, Threatened Voices

Sayed Yousif Almuhafda is the Vice President of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights. He is also member of the rights groups Front Line Defenders and Amnesty International. He was arrested on December 17th as he was monitoring a non violent demonstration in the capital Manama and reporting about it on Twitter.

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9 December 2012

Saudi Activist: “Public Trial Reveals Their Mentality and Lack of Evidence”

Written by Osama Khalid · Translated by Global Voices · Advocacy, Feature, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, Law, Middle East & North Africa, Saudi Arabia

The eighth hearing session of one of Saudi Arabia's first public trials of two prominent human rights activists Mohammad Al-Qahtani and Abdullah Al-Hamid was held today at the Riyadh Criminal Court

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