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CPJ Blog: Chinese microblog regulates, suspends users–again

Pity those of us who monitor the ups and downs of China’s popular microblog platform, Sina Weibo. For every story its users spread in defiance of local censorship, there follows a clampdown .

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Who really speaks for China? Wei Jingsheng, Yu Jie, Fang Lizhi, Chen Guangcheng…

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): When dissident lawyer Chen Guang­cheng escaped ­extra-legal house arrest to make his way to the U.S. Embassy,

10 Most Censored Countries

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

CPJ's new analysis identifies Eritrea, North Korea, Syria, Iran as worst

Originally posted here: 10 Most

Blog: Blind lawyer spurs news blackout in China – CPJ

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

News of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng has been censored for months. International news reports of his escape last week

Guangcheng case highlights ‘clash of ideas’ in US-China relations

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng’s audacious escape from detention is likely to have as big an impact on

Chinese Internet crackdown on Bo Xilai rumors continues

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

New York, April 13, 2012--Chinese authorities should halt their censorship of Web content in the aftermath of senior politician Bo Xilai's dismissal, the

Getting Away With Murder

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -

CPJ’s 2012 Impunity Index spotlights countries
where journalists are slain and killers go free

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China – Statement by the Liu Xiaobo Support Committee and Amnesty International France

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Statement by the Liu Xiaobo Support Committee and Amnesty International France 18 April 2012 "Art against censorship in China” special event.

Empowering independent media: U.S. efforts to foster a free press and an open Internet

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Efforts to bolster independent media and an open Internet overseas are having significant impact, but face a

Kazakhstan – Kazkhstan

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Read in Russian / читать по-русски Казахстан 2012 Kazakhstan, which considers itself a regional model after holding the rotating presidency of

Beset by online surveillance and content filtering, netizens fight on

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - This report, which presents the 2012 list of countries that are “Enemies of the Internet” and “under surveillance,” updates the report

‘Fearful’ and ‘encircled’ – Putin is ‘no longer a tsar’

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Historians and political scientists have long debated the respective importance of individuals and impersonal forces, agency and structure,

Russia – Draft electoral law provision threatens freedom of expression

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: If passed, the draft law would mean that media outlets would be under constant threat of closure for any of their publications

Russia – Human Rights Watch calls for an end to intimidation of activists, media as election nears

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: In the lead-up to the March 4, 2012 presidential vote, authorities have harassed a major election-monitoring nongovernmental organization, directly and indirectly interfered

Russia: Harassment of Critics

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - (Moscow) – Russian authorities are cracking down on government critics at the same time as they are tolerating large public protests,

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