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Quote of the Day
Political Byline —
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“Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than ...2 hours ago -
South Asia: Looking Back At 2009
Global Voices Online —
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The year 2009 is ending and its time to retrospect how the year has been for the South Asian region. In a two-part review we will look back at some of the major events which took place this year in the South Asian countries seen through the eyes of the citizen journalists. Special thanks to the South Asia authors of ...2 hours ago -
Caribbean: 2009 Regional Roundup
Global Voices Online —
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As Global Voices celebrates its fifth anniversary , the occasion has given us all an opportunity to reflect on why we do what we do and how our work makes a difference . As my colleague Jillian York so succinctly put it, “We spread stories. We spread words.” We manage to do that effectively because of ...4 hours ago -
Ethiopia: Mother of political activist appeals to Prime Minister
Global Voices Online —
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Arefe reports that the mother of the leader of the leader of Ethiopia’s biggest opposition party and political activist, Birtukan Mideksa has sent a letter sent to Prime Minster Meles Zenawi asking for her daughter’s release.5 hours ago -
iPhone apps about Dalai Lama blocked in China
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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Apple apparently blocks Chinese downloads of iPhone software that features Tibetan spiritual leader Chinese users of the iPhone are unable to download applications related to the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Buddhist Tibet, or Rebiya Kadeer, an exiled minority leader, after Apple apparently blocked them from ...7 hours ago -
Caucasus: 2009 Blog Review
Global Voices Online —
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If the Armenian and Georgian blogospheres attracted most interest during 2008 after one bitterly disputed presidential election in the former and an albeit short war with Russia in the latter, Azerbaijan was the undoubted focus in 2009. In particular, youth activists quickly embraced both new and social media to ...9 hours ago -
Azerbaijan: Business as usual
Global Voices Online —
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Flying Carpets and Broken Pipelines comments on new charges made against imprisoned journalist Eynulla Fatullayev, 2009 recipient of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) International Press Freedom award. The blog says that some things dont change, but nonetheless encourages its readers to speak out in 2010 .10 hours ago -
Killing fields of America
Socially Unacceptable Straight Talk —
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DB ReeSe Death to you America, kill whitey… Racist bastards are cool, only if you’re a Democrat or a fanatic though. What? DB what are saying? Blood for blood! Fire with fire. Called out on the carpet the liars of DC. Taxes represent about 40% stolen from all my income. I am supposed to be grateful about ...15 hours ago -
Best Of 2009: Revisiting Broadcasting’s Fairness Doctrine
Newsroom Magazine —
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Property does become clothed with a public interest when used in a manner to make it of public consequence, and affect the community at large.When, therefore, one devotes his property to a use in which the public has an interest, he, in effect, grants to the public an interest in that use, and must submit [...]18 hours ago -
The right to laugh at the ridiculous
No Right Turn —
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Writing in Werewolf this month, James Robinson decries the "prejudice" against christians . As usual with these sorts of exercises, he conflates the right to believe with a right not to be laughed at - and thats the problem right there. There is simply no such right. People are free to believe what they want, ...19 hours ago -
MN Dude Has to Go to Court Because He Honked Horn at Peace Rally
Silenced Majority Portal —
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Free Speech Case -- Court Hearing on Honking Horn for Peace Host: Robert PalmerNetwork: Global Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010Time: 1:30pm - 4:30pmLocation: 14955 West Galaxie Avenue, Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124 Description On June 30, 2009 I honked my truck...1 day ago -
Indonesia: Email mom ‘not guilty says the High Court
Global Voices Online —
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Prita Mulyasari, a housewife who wrote an e-mail complaint against an international franchised hospital, was found not guilty of defamation by the Tangerang High Court Tuesday afternoon. The court found Pritas e-mail a mere complaint, therefore cant be considered as an act of defamation. Microbloggers were sending ...1 day ago -
Keep up demand for libel reform | Padraig Reidy
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
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Jack Straw has noticed the clamour for change. Reform of our unfair defamation laws must now become a manifesto pledge The possibility of reform of our unjust libel laws appears to be growing. Yesterday, the Guardian reported that Jack Straw was hoping to push through the findings of the working party on libel ...1 day ago -
China: Three prominent bloggers GFWed in the same week
Global Voices Online —
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Following the blocking of veteran Internet essayist He Caitous (@ hecaitou ) two longstanding blogs hecaitou.net and caobian.info on December 25, renowned columnist Lian Yue (@ lianyue ) had yet another one of his blogs, lianyue.net, blocked on the 29th; late on the evening of December 30, Peking University new ...1 day ago -
A TV Channel Was Closed in Kuwait
Qwaider Planet —
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WaA TV channel was closed in Kuwait , a news that is not surprising that much in the Middle East or in the Arab world considering the level of freedom in the region but somehow it is strange in Kuwait Read More......( read more )1 day ago -
Socialist liberals use Detroit attempted Terrorist attack to sound the horn to cut and run
Political Byline —
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As skeptical as I am ; these morons are just pure bat shit crazy: What is needed now are not partisan fights about whether the Obama Administration was doing enough to guard against terrorist attacks in the wake of shootings last month at Fort Hood, Texas. Instead, we should question whether our overreaction to ...1 day ago -
Tunisia: The White Note Campaign Against Cyber Censorship
Global Voices Online —
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The White Note campaign logo On Friday, December the 25, Tunisian bloggers waged the White Note Campaign to protest against censorship, which is growing to a tremendous extent in Tunisia. The Tunisian Internet Agency (ATI) is not sparing any kind of websites from censorship. The majority of bloggers took part in ...1 day ago -
Russia: Livejournal Shuts Down Putins Critic
Global Voices Online —
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Russian popular blogging platform Livejournal has suspended an account of a historian Yuri Felshtinsky [ENG] after he had published a link to a Russian translation of his book “ The Age of Assassins: The Rise and Rise of Vladimir Putin ” [ENG].1 day ago -
Ukraine: Election and Freedom of Speech
Global Voices Online —
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Foreign Notes writes about the upcoming presidential election in Ukraine and the impact that its outcome may have on the freedom of speech: “It must be dispiriting for journalists to know how little impact is made by their revelations of Ukraines leaders systematic abuse of power, and a worry to think of any ...1 day ago -
Belarus: New Internet Censorship Regulations Planned
Global Voices Online —
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Belarus Digest writes about the alleged plans of the government to introduce “additional measures to regulate Internet in Belarus.”1 day ago
