Iranian Blogger Sattar Beheshti Death While in Custody
Region: IranBy Hooman Askary Iranian netizens have launched a major online storm [2] [fa] after the shocking news of a blogger's death in custody was first posted [3] [fa] by opposition websites. According to interviews [4] with Satt... more
Views: 884Vietnam: Government Arrests Three Bloggers
Region: Viet NamBy Mong Palatino Vietnamese bloggers Dieu Cay, AnhBaSG, and Ta Phong Tan were found guilty [1] by a Ho Chi Minh City court of violating article 88 of Vietnam’s criminal code, which involves the “spreading fa... more
Views: 1199Iran: President Ahmadinejad's Colleague's Under Attack
Region: Iran
By Fred Petrossian While Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told [1] the U.N. General Assembly on September 26, 2012 that he has a vision for a new world order that would be absent of the “hegemony of ... more
Views: 1153Access to Google and Gmail Blocked in Iran
Region: IranBy Fred Petrossian The Iranian regime has been an enemy to freedom of speech for decades but on Sunday, September 23, 2012, they still surprised many by announcing that they would begin filtering Google and Gmail in the... more
Views: 778Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
Region: United StatesBy Robert Valencia September 15-17, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street [2] movement. Many similar scenes that transpired at the start of the movement last year recurred this time around: hundre... more
Views: 1357Declaration of Internet Freedom:Translation Marathon
Region: United StatesBy Paula Góes The world may be glued to the TV to watch the start of the Olympic Games [1] in London, but Global Voices Lingua translators are excited about another challenge: the Internet Freedom Translath... more
Views: 1497Sri Lanka: News Websites Offices Raided and Journalists Arrested
Region: Sri LankaBy Rezwan On June 29, 2012, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Sri Lanka raided offices of two news websites, the Sri Lanka Mirror (srilankamirror.com) and Sri Lanka X News (srilankaxnews.com). They arrested... more
Views: 1430Syria: Traymseh Massacre Reactions Range from Sorrow to Rage
Region: Syrian Arab RepublicBy Yazan Badran Last year, on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, Syrian forces loyal to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, massacred [1] around 45 civilians in the central town of Hama. This year, the bloodshed is i... more
Views: 978Sudanese Blogger Speaks Out About Arrest And Interrogation
Region: SudanBy Amira Al Hussaini This post is part of our special coverage Sudan Revolts [1]. Sudanese blogger Maha Elsanosi [2] vividly describes [3]her three days of interrogation at the National Intelligence and Security Servi... more
Views: 996Chile: Anti-Protest Law Draft Calls for Harsher Consequences
Region: ChileWritten by Felipe Cordero Chile's Minister of Interior, Rodrigo Hinzpeter has called on the Congress to approve a law that seeks harsher punishments for protesters, renewing a debate that started in the country a year a... more
Views: 967
