Teen Media Activist Killed in Syria

Global Voices a day ago Region: Syrian Arab Republic

Omar Qatifaan, a 14-year-old media activist, was killed 21 May, 2013 while covering clashes between the Syrian Army and the rebel Free Army in the southern Daraa al-Ballad area of Syria near the border with Jordan.... more

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China: Media Banned from Quoting Foreign News

Global Voices a month ago Region: China

Written by Abby On 18 April 2013 China's media authority has announced new regulations [1] barring news outlets and other organizations from reporting on foreign media coverage [2] without permission. The Gen... more

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Censorship Disclosed By Argentine Journalism Forum

Global Voices a month ago Region: Argentina

The Argentinian Journalism Forum (FOPEA [1]) [1] [es] launched the 2012 edition of the Monitoreo de Libertad de Expresión [2] [es] (Freedom of Expression Monitor) in which 172 attacks on th... more

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Saudi Arabia: Threats to Block Internet Communication Tools

Global Voices a month ago Region: Saudi Arabia

Written by Amira Al Hussaini Saudi Arabia, an Enemy of the Internet [1], is threatening to block a number of popular communication tools, such as Skype and mobile messaging service WhatsApp, unless the operating comp... more

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Free Speech at Risk in Kazakstan

IWPR 2 months ago Region: Kazakhstan

London event highlights use of criminal law to punish dissent.   By Saule Mukhametrakhimova - Central Asia RCA Issue 696, ... more

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Kenya:Combatting Hate Speech on the Web

IWPR 2 months ago Region: Kenya

Tackling Online Hate Speech in Kenya Concealed web identities and free speech concerns make it hard for officials to identify exactly who is stirring up trouble.   By Bernard Koech ... more

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Is A Second Revolution Brewing in Libya?

Global Voices 3 months ago Region: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

By Fozia Mohamed On February 15, 2011, two days before the scheduled ‘Day of Anger', Libyan women relatives of the prisoners of Abu Salim correction center, staged one of their usual protests in Benghazi to demand... more

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China: Censorship and a Book Signing

Global Voices 4 months ago Region: China

By Abby Outspoken social critic and blogger Li Chengpeng [1] recently released a new book: the Whole World Knows [2] [zh]. Also known as an eloquent public speaker, Li delivered a bold speech [3] on f... more

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Telecommunications in Dubai and the Internet

Global Voices 4 months ago Region: United Arab Emirates

By Via Libre The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the United Nations agency specializing in information and communication technologies - ICTs. From December 3 to 14, 2012, the ITU organized the World Con... more

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Censorship in Catalonia

Global Voices 5 months ago Region: Spain

Written byJoan Antoni Guerrero Vall Translated by Daniel Bogre Udell   Catalan journalist and Global Voices contributor Lali Sandiumenge recently decided to disassociate her blog on digital activism, Guerreros del... more

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