freedom of expression

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “freedom of expression”

• I spy, but I can’t show and tell

  
  cearta.ie — Authority: 421
  Judith Miller published a story which, among other things, named Valerie Plame as a CIA spy. In later grand jury proceedings, Miller declined to name her source, despite a decision of the DC Circuit Court of Appeals that she had to do so, and spent 85 days in prison for her troubles. In truth, both [...]
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• What would you ask the Chinese President?

  
  Thoughts of Nigel — Authority: 143
  If you had 10 questions to ask Chinese President Hu Jintao about freedom of expression what would you ask. Well with Barack Obama about to meet him RSF pose their 10 and here they are 1.Why are the websites of the US companies Twitter and Facebook blocked by the Chinese authorities? 2.Why do the Chinese ...
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• Ai Weiwei(艾未未): My Ordeal

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 619
  On the eve of his maiden visit to China, President Obama is getting a lot of advice . The latest comes from artist/activist Ai Weiwei. He writes in Newsweek : In China, there is a long history of the government not revealing information, so it’s difficult for the Chinese people to ever know the truth. It is ...
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• The Voice of the Martyrs joins coalition to combat “defamation of religions” concept

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  The Voice of the Martyrs (Canada) has joined a coalition of over 100 Christian, Muslim and Jewish organisations as well as humanist and secular groups from around the world in signing a common civil society statement against the concept of “defamation of religions.”  The statement was drafted due to the ongoing ...
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• Obama and his Shanghai Forum Still ‘Up in the Air’

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 619
  With President Obama en route to Asia, it is still not clear whether he will be granted an opportunity to speak directly to Chinese students as planned. From the Financial Times blog : The White House had hoped the Monday morning forum would be President Obama’s one big chance to try and communicate directly ...
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• Monitoring Arab reform

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  Egypt’s Islamist opposition is facing leadership challenges, writes Ibrahim el Houdaiby. Increasingly influential Salafist/Qutbi forces are striving to marginalize relatively moderate figures like Essam el-Erian and Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh.Obsessed with efforts to engineer Gamal Mubarak’s succession to his ...
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• Over 100 groups protest UN debate on ‘defamation of religion’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  New York, Nov 13 (DPA) More than 100 non-governmental organisations Thursday protested attempts by some governments to push through a UN resolution to save religion from defamation.Those NGOs said such a move, if it leads to a binding UN resolution, could give states more reasons to adopt new domestic laws clamping ...
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• Events

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  November 16, 2009. U.S. Private and Non-U.S. Funding of Media Development, featuring: Anne Nelson, Author, Experimentation and Evolution in Private U.S. Funding of Media Development; Mary Myers, Author, Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States. With comments by: Marjorie Rouse, Internews ...
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• Azerbaijan: bloggers’ sentences further proof of backsliding

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  A Baku court today sentenced two opposition bloggers to prison in a case that has highlighted declining media freedoms and curbs on civil society in Azerbaijan. Emin Milli, 30, and Adnan Hajizada, 26, received sentences of two and two-and-a-half years, respectively.The verdict came on the same day as a round table ...
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• Freedom of Expression or Copyright: Should one take precedence over the other?

  
  IP Osgoode — Authority: 424
  Tony Pak is a J.D. candidate at Osgoode Hall and is taking the Intellectual Property Theory course.In Neil Netanel’s recent book titled, “Copyright’s Paradox”, he advocates for a copyright system that puts freedom of expression at the forefront. He argues that copyright has been thought of as a property right ...
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• European ministers approve watered-down ‘neutral net’ language

  
  The Mobile Fun Blog — Authority: 444
  By Scott M. Fulton, III , Betanews The question before the European Council — made up of heads of state and key ministers from the EU’s 27 member nations — was whether Internet access should be interpreted as a fundamental human right, and whether obstructing access could be construed as a rights violation. ...
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• Ex-Director of Public Prosecutions brands UK libel law an international disgrace

  
  Don't Get Fooled Again — Authority: 125
  Cross-posted from Amnesty blogs I’m just back from the launch of a gobsmacking new report by Index and English PEN, highlighting the abuse of the UK libel system by rich individuals and corporations around the world bent on suppressing criticism of their activities. UK libel law denies most defendants a fair ...
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• India Bans Pre-Paid Mobiles in Kashmir - Security or Suppression?

  
  MobileActive.org - A global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. — Authority: 131
  This post was written by Sam duPont of NDN and the New Policy Institute , and is cross-posted at Global Mobile . For eight years, the Indian government dragged its feet until, in 2003, it finally permitted mobile phones in conflict-torn Kashmir. Intelligence officials had feared that Kashmiri and Pakistani ...
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• Imprisoned Christian blogger threatens hunger strike

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  Our friends at Compass Direct the following report yesterday: A Coptic Christian blogger in Egypt held in prison for more than a year without charge said today he will go on a hunger strike unless authorities grant his next application for release. Hani Nazeer, a 28-year-old high school social worker from Qena, ...
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• Catholic school suspends student for shaving head

  
  Wallaby — Authority: 530
  The title of this post says it all. See the SMH’s article for more detail. (By the way, SMH, I fixed that passive-voiced headline for you! Look, I’m not pissed off that the Catholic school has suspended the student for shaving her head as a fundraiser for cancer. I’m pissed off that the Catholic school has ...
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• In Defense of Let US Build Pakistan: Protect Freedom of Expression of Pakistani Bloggers

  
  Sherryx's Weblog — Authority: 459
  Shaheryar Ali It’s a very sorry state of affairs. For more than 2 years now I have been writing about the dangers of “intellectual hegemony”, “selective radicalism” and “double discourse on Rights” being prevalent in Pakistani corporate media as well in Pakistani blogging community.  The ...
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• The destruction of the Berlin Wall twenty years on

  
  Bill's Comment Page — Authority: 422
  Twenty years ago today the Berlin Wall was opened and East and West Berliners could mingle with each other freely for the first time in very many years. Although most people in the capital of the now-defunct East Germany welcomed the new freedom it gave them, not everyone there was so sanguine, as the linked article ...
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• Once again for the clue-challenged

  
  Hoyden About Town — Authority: 136
  Dear Internet Interlocutor, criticising rape jokes does not mean censorship of rape jokes, so how is bringing up free speech relevant again? My latest comment responding to somebody objecting to Melissa McEwan’s statement that “rape jokes are rape culture” in her Rape Culture 101 post which was crossposted to ...
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• Tunisian blogger Fatma Riahi released from police custody

  
  newsjiffy — Authority: 425
  Tunisan blogger Fatma Riahi, who is known online as Arabicca, has been released by police investigating whether she is the author of Blog de Z , according to a posting on the Free Arabicca blog. According to Al Jazeera , Riahi was first summoned to appear before the Criminal Brigade of Gorjani in Tunis on Monday. ...
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• Thou shalt not touch Islam

  
  Persecuted Church Weblog — Authority: 430
  If you want to destroy a hallowed Christian site on the big screen, thats OK. Just dont try doing the same thing to Islam. In the upcoming 2012, disaster director Roland Emmerich turns his sights on the Vatican and crumbles the Sistine Chapel into dust. But when he proposed demolishing a Muslim shrine as well, his ...
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