Threatened Voices' home page

Global Voices Advocacy has launched a new tool to track and map oppression of voices online. Threatened Voices, as the initiative is called, launched on November 3 and provides detailed information on bloggers and social media users who have been arrested or otherwise threatened for their online activities.

In a press release, founder Sami Ben Gharbia stated:

As activists and ordinary citizens have increasingly made use of the internet to express their opinions and connect with others, many governments have also increased surveillance, filtering, legal actions and harassment. The harshest consequence for many has been the politically motivated arrest of bloggers and online writers for their online and/or offline activities, in some tragic cases even leading to death. Online journalists and bloggers now represent 45% of all media workers in prison worldwide.

According to the site, there are currently 191 “threatened voices” around the world.

[disclaimer: I'm involved in editing the site]