Freedom of Expression

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “Freedom of Expression”

• Latest Chinese clampdown on the net

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 510
  More evidence of Chinas crackdown on individuals using the internet. This mornings FT reports that From Monday, people registering a domain name in China would have to present a company seal and a business licence, the China Internet Network Information Center, a government-backed body, said in a statement. ...
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• Uganda: the “anti-human rights bill”

  
  Index on Censorship — Authority: 585
  The proposed anti-homosexuality bill in Uganda threatens free expression not only for the gay community, but for all says Risdel Kasasira This week marks two months since Ugandan MP David Bahati tabled the anti-homosexuality bill before parliament. The proposed law seeks to sentence homosexuals to life ...
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• Mexico must protect residents of disputed land

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 445
  The Mexican authorities must protect residents of disputed land who have been intimidated and attacked by the security guards of local landowners who are contesting the ownership of the land, said Amnesty International.The call comes after a woman living in the Lomas del Poleo area of Chihuahua State, northern Mexico ...
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• Ukraine must comply with Court ruling on Belarusian rock musician

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 445
  Amnesty International has urged the Ukrainian authorities to comply with a European Court of Human Rights ruling calling for the release of Belarusian opposition activist and musician Igor Koktysh.Igor Koktysh has been detained in Ukraine since June 2007, when Belarus requested his extradition over an accusation that ...
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• Every Place Has A Story

  
  Erik's Choice — Authority: 129
  Ephrata ("effretta") Cloister in Pennsylvania: Meetinghouse on right dating to 1741; Sisters House on left, finished two years later. This remarkable utopian religious community was created by Germans coming from or through Philadelphia. The Sisters and Brothers lived relatively ascetic lives; the Householders ...
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• What were not supposed to mention in the UK ...

  
  Bill's Comment Page — Authority: 462
  Injunction, smimjunction - visit here if you care to.Or indeed: - here (Telegraph); or- here (Daily/Sunday Mail); or- here (Times); or- here (Financial Times);- and many hundreds of other articles all around the planet.The best a man can get? - The AP news agency reports on what a major sponsor is doing to distance ...
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• The Iran Protests and Neda: Networked Media, Networked Politics?

  
  Director's Blog — Authority: 124
  Does the use of new social media technology in the protests in Iran this year herald a new politics too? Will networked journalism turn into networked politics? This is a paper I wrote for the LSE Taiwan Research Programme conference on comparative approaches to the idea of Justice. In this paper I am going ...
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• Parliament security bans free speech

  
  The Shotgun — Authority: 520
  The Toronto Star is reporting that Greenpeace t-shirts have been banned from Parliament Hill. This isin response to the illegal protest by Greenpeace earlier this week.Such an excuse is not a good enough reason to trample on the Freedom ofExpression. Im no fan of Greenpeace, but I dont see why peoplewearing their ...
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• Free Mossad

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 168
  Mossad Abu Fagr , an Egyptian blogger and writer from Sinai for years now he has been in jail for no reason. On the 10 of December amnesty international reminds us with those writers who are currently Read More......( read more )
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• Tibet: two jailed over Dalai Lama pictures

  
  Index on Censorship — Authority: 585
  Two Tibetan web users have been sentenced to three-year jail terms after posting pictures of the exiled Dalai Lama on the Internet. Gyaltsen and Nyima Wangdu were given three-year sentences after being convicted of “communicating information to contacts outside China,” Reporters Without Borders said. Three other ...
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• Erdogan’s Turkey: ‘refreshing’ pluralism or ‘authoritarian democracy’?

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 429
  Turkey’s foreign policy is emphatically not undergoing a reorientation from the democratic West to Eurasian and Middle East states, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told a Washington meeting yesterday. Nor is the country becoming more authoritarian, as some observers suggest.Reports of attacks on press freedom ...
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• Pick of the Day – Noredin Morgan

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 151
  I’ve been a resident of Billerica, Massachusetts for the past 23 years. My artistic craft was honed and developed while living in New York City and abroad in Europe. Although I worked for 25 years as a director of research at WR.Grace and ITW , my true passion has always been art, as my friends will readily agree. ...
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• An Egyptian Blogger Loses His Job Because of His Blog

  
  Qwaider Planet — Authority: 168
  Karim Reda is an Egyptian blogger who has been fired from his job at Petrotrade company. Reda exposed the current ongoing corruption in the company online in his blog “Scream ” and on the facebook where Read More......( read more )
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• Stop ideological genocide convention - Neurnberg, Germany

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 571
  At last a convention to openly speak about what need to be spoken. Please do participate in the convention. This December 10th will mark the 61st anniversary of the signing of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. Yet even today, Human Rights violations continue to take place, even where UN peace ...
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• Blackbox Republic unveils a ‘label-free’ dating site

  
  Gadget Reviews — Authority: 157
  Bookmark this categoryAfter announcing its concept for a social network aimed at the sex positive community a few months ago, Blackbox Republic is now ready to show off its site and welcome new members.There have been some big changes. Here’s the biggest: When I met with the Blackbox founders in July, every ...
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• Life inside a Chinese labor camp

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 445
  People are taking part  in Amnesty Internationals Write for Rights action this week by writing letters and signing petitions to show solidarity with individuals who suffer human right abuses.Former prisoner of conscience Bu Dongwei spent over two years in a Chinese Re-education through Labour (RTL) camp until his ...
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• Nicaragua must investigate violence against human rights activist

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 445
  The Nicaraguan authorities must investigate violent attacks and death threats against a human rights activist, Amnesty International has said.Leonor Martínez received numerous phone messages throughout November threatening to kill her and her family unless she gives up her work with the Coalición de Jóvenes ...
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• Sudan must end violent crackdown on protestors (AI)

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 445
  Amnesty International has strongly condemned a violent crackdown by Sudanese security forces on political protests in Khartoum on Monday.  The organisation also received reports of those arrested being tortured in detention. More than 200 people, including opposition leaders and human rights activists, were arrested ...
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• Iranian security forces condemned for protest crackdown

  
  Ethiopian Review — Authority: 445
  Amnesty International condemned the excessive use of force by Iranian security forces that saw scores of protesters beaten and detained during student-led demonstrations on Monday.   In a number of instances, security forces - including the volunteer Basij militia - used batons and tear gas to disperse opposition ...
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• Media round-up

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 429
  Some media stories that have caught the eye of the Center for International Media Assistance this week:Iranian regime’s offensive against new-generation media; how Iranian activists skirt Web crackdown; why Israel wants US to counter the Islamic Republic with Twitter;  Russian Internet provider blocks sites ; ...
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