Global issues
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
In Gaza journalist had been banned from reporting on the human rights abuse and murders at the hands of indiscriminate Israeli soldiers. In Iran after the…
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Category: Censorship
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Censorship
CHINA: CENSORSHIP PRESSURE FROM THE PRIVATE SECTOR
It is well known that online content providers in China have to follow censorship instructions from various government authorities. However, with the rise of private public…
Iran
AS EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT BLOCKS WEBSITES, ARRESTS ACTIVISTS INTERNET SECURITY SAVVY IS CRITICAL
Internet Security Savvy is Critical as Egyptian Government Blocks Websites, Arrests Activists in Response to Continued Protest. As we’ve seen in Iran and Tunisia, social networking tools have…
News
MR MOUSAVI TRANSLATED TEXT
In the name of God, the kind and the merciful Indeed god demands you to safe keep what people entrust in you, and to rule them…
Video
MAVI MARMARA ATTACK ON THE PEACE ACTIVIST BY IDF FULL RAW FOOTAGE
Mavi Marmara and the attack by IDF on peace activist in open sea. The only full video that escaped the hands of IDF. On the night of…
Video
CANADA G20 SUMMIT, FROM THE WORLD’S BEST DEMOCRACY TO A POLICE STATE
AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to turn to a young journalist who was beaten and arrested. Among the hundreds of people arrested at the G20 protests in Toronto was Jesse…
Iran
IRAN’S CYBER POLICE, GEOGRAPHY, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL DENIAL OF SERVICE
National Public Radio reports that Iran is planning on dispatching “cyber police” across the country with General Ahmadi Moghaddam stating that “There is no time to wait”…
Censorship
HOW TO FOIL A NATIONWIDE INTERNET SHUTDOWN
The Egyptian government cut internet connections across their country to silence protests, leaving nearly all of its citizens without online access. But they weren’t entirely successful. When governments…
USA
JULIAN PAUL ASSANGE INTERVIEW WITH 60 MINUTES HIGHLIGHTS
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared Sunday night on 60 Minutes sharing his believes and vision behind his work, as well as his thoughts on the possibility of facing criminal…
USA
SUPPORT ENDING EGYPT INTERNET BLACKOUT BY SIGNING THIS PETITION
In a chilling move that could set a dangerous global precedent, Egypt’s government has responded to pro-democracy protests by shutting down access to the Internet. They hope to make…
Global issues
PROTESTS CONTINUE IN GABON AS EGYPT GETS ALL THE NEWS MEDIA ATTENTION
Protests in Gabon have failed to make a dent in the international news cycle as all eyes are still turned towards the Egyptian crisis. Mohamed Keita…
Censorship
UKRAINE POLITICAL REPRESSIONS A RETURN TO COUNTRY’S TOTALITARIAN PAST
Twenty years since Ukraine’s independence, a generation has grown up for whom the USSR, with its oppression of any dissent and a system of total fear, is nothing…