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Niksa Klecak, the 22 -year-old Croatian who created an anti-PM Facebook Group “I bet I will find 5,000 people who do not like the Prime minister” [Ivo Sanader], has been arrested for allegedly promoting neo-Nazi materials. The police claimed that they found some Nazi symbols and propaganda at his home. Niksa Klecak has been then released by the police due to lack of evidence.
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Egyptian cyberactivists are gathering for a conference being held in Cairo tomorrow (December 4), to call for the release of young Egyptian blogger Mohamed Adel. Meanwhile, blogger Mohamed Khairi, is being held in a military camp.
read full post »According to several news site including Roozonline, Mahmoud Salarkia,a senior Iranian justice official, said that five million dollars are invested to develop new tools for filtering.
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The Burmese Army has filed charges against farmers who had lodged a complaint with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) against the Central Ordinance Depot on the 3rd August after 5,000 acres of land was seized.
The Military spokesperson Captain Phyo Wei Lin “accused the defendants of sending news and facts to the foreign media”, according to Mizzima News.
According to a press release we’ve received from MEP Jules Maaten of the Dutch conservative VVD party, eight Members of the European Parliament called today European internet and telecommunication companies to join The Global Network Initiative and sign the Human Rights code, designed to safeguard human rights and freedom of speech online. The Human Rights code was recently signed by Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!
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Nine months too late, but thanks to the same gracious individual who translated GVA’s Anonymous Blogging guide, we are now able to present you with the Chinese version of Blog for a Cause!: The Global Voices Guide of Blog Advocacy:
博客有理! 全球之声博客声援指南
“[T]o inform and to inspire,” for that is the point; and to further quote author [...]
Iranian cyber writers are facing a very difficult time. We can summarize Iran’s current situation in three words: Jail, Filtering and Threats. Iranian authorities recently jailed two cyber writers. Read more in this post about the threats and harassment cyber activists are facing in Iran.
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The Advocacy 2.0 Guide describes some of the best techniques and tools that digital activists can use as part of their online advocacy campaigns.
Our creative guide to using blogs as a advocacy tools for social and political change.
Mapping the online censorship and anti-censorship efforts related to the social web and major web 2.0 websites.
A free software to scan a large number of URLs to determine which ones your country has blocked.
Step-by-step guidance on blogging while protecting your privacy, for personal safety.
A gallery of screenshots of blockpages from national filtering systems, and Internet service providers.
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