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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.
Russia – Office of opposition newspaper destroyed in firebomb attack
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the arson attack that ravaged the editorial offices of the weekly Vecherny Krasnokamsk in the Perm
Gunmen kill Pakistani journalist who reported on Taliban
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) -
New York, January 17, 2012--Unidentified gunmen killed broadcast journalist Mukarram Khan Aatif in a mosque north of Peshawar today, according to
United States – Reporters Without Borders to close its English-language site for 24 hours in protest against SOPA and…
Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - In an unprecedented move, Reporters Without Borders will shut down its English-language website for 24 hours from 8 a.m. EST tomorrow,
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
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
‘Old white guys’ – National Review links to BBG Watch discrimination and mismanagement story
“Old White Guys” – The Open Season is On The “old white guys” comment attributed to a former CNN associate of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman
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
U.S. official Victor Ashe calls for keeping a radio facility capable of reaching China
This is an exclusive report by BBG Watch (BBGWatch.com). Republication is permitted with attribution. BBGWatch.com - December 20, 2011 - Victor Ashe, a member
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
Blog: Impunity still reigns in beating of Oleg Kashin
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Martina Schiavon: The news that Chen Guangcheng has been imprisoned for 4 years for his ...
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