Reporters Without Borders today issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries. “The 12 ‘Enemies of the Internet’ - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam - have all transformed their [...]
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The intensifying battle over Internet freedom - Christian Science Monitor
The intensifying battle over Internet freedom
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China’s crackdown on writers before the Olympics and the arrest in December of leading dissident writer Liu Xiaobo, one of the authors of Charter 08, which advocates democratic reform in China, contradicts the government’s claim that it is easing up on …
Burma - On eve of major amnesty, call for release of 16 journalists and cyber-dissidents - 20.02.2009
Reporters Without Borders takes note of the government’s decision, announced today, to start freeing 6,313 prisoners tomorrow, but reiterates its call for the release of the 16 journalists and cyber-dissidents held in Burma. Ask for the release of Burmese dissidents and sign our petition
Burma - Petition launched for release of two Burmese bloggers serving sentences of 20 and 59 years in prison - 29.01.2009
Reporters Without Borders urges the international community not to forget Nay Phone Latt (http://www.nayphonelatt.net/), a Burmese blogger who was arrested exactly one year ago today and was sentenced on 10 November to 20 years and six months in prison, or Zarganar, one of Burma’s best known comedians, who is serving a 59-year jail sentence in [...]