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CPJ Internet Channel: Can selective blocking pre-empt wider censorship?
Last week, Twitter provoked a fierce debate online when it announced a new capability–and related policy–to hide tweets on a country-specific basis. By building this feature into its website’s basic code, Twitter said it hoped to offer a more tailored response to legal demands to remove tweets globally. The company will inform users if any tweet they see has been obscured, and provide a record of all demands to remove content with the U.S.-based site chillingeffects.org
Gunmen kill Pakistani journalist who reported on Taliban
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New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to
Under pressure at home, Chinese writer chooses exile
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New York, January 13, 2012--The decision of prominent Chinese writer Yu Jie to seek exile in the United States this week is
In Russia, unknown attacker stabs exiled Tajik journalist – CPJ
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New York, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday's attack in Moscow on Dododzhon Atovulloyev, exiled publisher and editor-in-chief
Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan – CPJ
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Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill that expands sanctions against Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to
In Ethiopia, Swedish journalists handed prison terms – CPJ
New York, December 27, 2011--In a highly politicized trial, two Swedish journalists have been sentenced in an Ethiopian court to 11-year jail terms after being convicted of
Chinese writer-dissident given nine years for online posts – CPJ
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New York, December 23, 2011 --- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns China's harsh sentencing of online journalist and activist Chen
Blog: In China, real people vs. Internet minders – CPJ
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In the next three months, users of China's microblog weibo.com --- "weibo" is the generic Chinese term for Twitter-like platforms
Killing of Chernovik founder in Dagestan must be investigated – CPJ
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New York, December 15, 2011--Today's murder of Gadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of the independent newspaper Chernovik in the southern Russian republic of
Blog: Impunity still reigns in beating of Oleg Kashin
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Tibetan writers imprisoned in China — CPJ
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New York, October 31, 2011--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the imprisonment of two Tibetan writers, one of whom was sentenced
Swedish journalists on trial in Ethiopia — Voice of America journalists already penalized — BBG Watch
BBG Watch -- As the trial of two Swedish journalists gets underway in Ethiopia, it is worth remembering that a Voice of America journalist David Arnold was dismissed
Blog: Swedish support for jailed colleagues in Ethiopia, Eritrea — CPJ
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If you pass by Kronoberg Prison in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, you will see journalists chained to its gates. They have
Blog: A personal side to Anna Politkovskaya’s legacy — CPJ
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Internationally renowned for her work, respected for her courage and still mourned by thousands around the world five years after
Justice still pending in Politkovskaya murder case — CPJ
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) - New York, October 7, 2011--Five years after the brutal assassination of Russian investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the Committee to Protect
Anonymous: They really should dissolve the BBG into one of the other organization...
Anonymous: We can write to our senators and to members of Congress. If they rece...
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Anonymous: The laughter of Broadcasting Board of Governors members and other BBG ...