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Twitter and internet freedom: distinguish democracies from dictatorships

Reports that Twitter is planning to ‘censor’ the content of certain tweets has caused alarm amongst pro-democracy bloggers and other cyberactivists. “If Twitter censors, I’ll stop tweeting,” China’s dissident artist Ai Weiwei tweeted in response to the news. But there is a world of difference between a democracy banning speech on “security” grounds and a dictatorship banning “security”-infringing speech by autocratic fiat, writes Richard Fontaine, a Senior Advisor at the Center for a New American Security.

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Russia and the West: why democracy threatens Putin

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): A new two-part BBC series on Russia’s democratic regression is essential viewing for anyone seeking to understand the

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

‘Paranoid’ Kremlin tries to curb opposition, as pro-democracy US envoy sworn in

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Russia’s revived and robust opposition plans to rally near the Kremlin next month, maintaining the momentum of protests

Soviet Fall, Arab Spring

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): Does the experience of post-Soviet transitions bear lessons for the Arab Spring?

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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

Chen as Tank Man - 2011 Christmas Card to Free Blind Chinese Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng

Chen as Tank Man – Chen Guangcheng: Send a Christmas Card to Blind Chinese Human Rights Activist

Women’s Rights Without Frontiers is launching a Christmas Card campaign in support of Chen Guangcheng. WRWF President, Reggie Littlejohn, stated, “Send a Christmas card to encourage Chen Guangcheng

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on Voice of America Broadcasts to China

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on 70 years of VOA broadcasting to China

BBG Watch is releasing a full transcript of Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen’s special video statement on the 70th anniversary of Voice of America (VOA) broadcasting to China. While her

Václav Havel – a Memorial Tribute – NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The Board of Directors of the National Endowment for Democracy in cooperation with the Embassy of the Czech

Russia – Free expression activist gunned down on Memorial Day for slain journalists

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: On 15 December - a day to commemorate assassinated journalists in Russia - a newspaper publisher and free expression activist was shot

Chen Guangcheng with his family

Human rights advocate Reggie Littlejohn welcomes attempt by Christian Bale to visit Chen Guangcheng

The president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers Reggie Littlejohn, who is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), said

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

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