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Web Sites Back Online, but Fears of Further Attacks Remain
The online version of The Irrawaddy and other Web sites run by Burmese exiles are back in operation after being hit last Tuesday by “distributed denial-of-service,” or DDoS, attacks that jammed the sites with fake traffic.
'A turning point for Internet freedom in Morocco'
The Moroccan blogosphere is still reeling from the shock of Mohamed Erraji's arrest and sentencing.
Erraji, a blogger and collabarotor of the site hespress.com, was arrested on September 8 after he posted an article criticizing the Moroccan King's social
Raja Petras's Arrest A Warning To Irresponsible Bloggers
The arrest of blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin under the Internal Security Act (ISA) Friday afternoon should serve as a warning to irresponsible bloggers who flout the law, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.
Uyghur Radio Worker Sacked, Detained for criticizing China policy
Authorities at a Chinese government-run radio station in the remote Xinjiang region have fired and detained an ethnic Uyghur woman working there, apparently for criticizing government policy, Uyghur sources have said.
Mehbube Ablesh, 29, was removed from
Moroccan blogger Mohamed Erajji released!
A court of appeals in Agadir has ordered the provisional release of Moroccan blogger Mohamed Erajji who had been sentenced to two years in prison for criticizing the King's social policies.
Egyptian blogger arrested since July
A young Egyptian blogger Mohamed Refaat has being in jail since July, though the editor of the blog Matabbat was ordered to be released
Morocco: Blogger Arrested, Sentenced Immediately
This morning, it was reported by the electronic news site Hespress [ar] that blogger Mohammed Raji was arrested in his home in Agadir. An article that Raji had posted on Hespress [ar] is said to be the source of the conflict, though neither that fact nor
The Post that led Mohammed Raji to Jail
Moroccan blogger Mohammed Raji is behind bars in his country for speaking his mind. Following is a translation of the post [Ar], which will cost the blogger two years of his freedom.
Australian man refused bail for insulting Thai King
Australian blogger and writer Harry Nicolaides was arrested for insulting the king on Sunday in Bankok, according to the
More storms a-brewing for RPK
A new legal wrangle might join the criminal defamation charges and defamation law suits sitting on the doorstep of Raja Petra Kamarudin (RPK). Newspapers reported recently that the Department of Islamic Development (Jakim) and other Muslim bodies had lodg
Six-month prison sentences for four cyber-feminists
A Tehran court has passed six-month prison sentences on four female bloggers, found guilty under article 500 of the Islamic criminal code. The four women were charged for articles that appeared in two online newspapers that defend women’s rights in Iran,
Samuel Gebru on the arrest of Reporter's Editor Amare Aregawi
The detention and subsequent release of Amare Aregawi has caused me reflect on the current state of press freedom in Ethiopia and moreover freedom of speech. Amare Aregawi is the Editor-in-Chief of The Ethiopian Reporter, an Amharic and English print and
Blogger Arrested, Faces Charges Under State of Emergency Law (Page 1 of 1)
On 23 August 2008, ANHRI and the Hisham Mubarak Law Center reported that the state security investigation agency had decided to keep in prison Mohamed Refaat, editor of the blog Matabbat, http://matabbat.blogspot.com . The authorities have turned a blind
Kremlin critic shot in Ingushetia
Magomed Yevloyev, owner of opposition Ingushetiya.ru webpage, was killed in Ingushetia yesterday soon after the police detained him in Margas airport. Yevloyev had flown in from Moscow on the same plane with the president of the region. On disembarking fr
Anti-Kremlin website founder dies in police custody
A vocal critic of the Kremlin's policies in the Caucasus died Sunday from a bullet wound to the head while in police custody, Interfax reported, quoting prosecutors.
Magomed Yevloyev founded and ran the website ingushetiya.ru, a major source of informati
Owner of Russian opposition website killed
An opposition internet news site owner in Russia's troubled Ingushetia region was fatally shot Sunday soon after being detained by police, and his colleagues called for a rally to protest his death. Magomed Yevloyev is one of the most high-profile journal
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for the release of blogger God Cay
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called Monday for the release of blogger God Cay, arrested according to official Vietnamese media on suspicion of tax evasion, but according to the organization pay its media criticism against the communist government.
New Crisis Maps of Georgia
A new set of crisis maps of Georgia have been posted over the past few days. Jonathan Thomas has kept us well informed of these developments, which include a detailed map provided by Microsoft, an OCHA map and updated layers on Google Earth
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