By Curt on Jun 6, 2008 in Adios motherfuckers, Deja Vu, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
If anyone reading is interested in taking over the position of director - in reality, editor - of the Committee to Protect Bloggers, please email a cover letter and resume to committeetoprotectbloggers|@|gmail|.|com.
The primary duty of the editor is to use personal connections, websites, search feeds and other tools and resources to break news on, and […]
By Curt on Jun 2, 2008 in Blogspot, Pakistan, Blogger, Blocked | 0 Comments
Indus Asia Online Journal reports that the government of Pakistan has blocked Blogspot, cutting off access to thousands of blogs in the country. It was last reported blocked in Pakistan in September.
Don’t Block the Blog confirms this.
By Curt on Jun 2, 2008 in Facebook, Imprisoned bloggers, Egypt | 0 Comments
AFP reports that blogger Karim el-Beheiri, one of the Egyptian food protest bloggers, has been released from prison. He and other protesters, including several bloggers, were arrested on April 6, in the Nile Delta city of Manhalla, after engaging in a protest against increased bread prices, a protest largely arranged via Facebook. The detention, as […]
By Curt on Jun 1, 2008 in Finland | 7 Comments
Finish blogger Seppo Lehto has been sentenced to two years in prison, according to the Finnish site Kirnu. His crime appears to have been criticism of several of his country’s parliamentarians.
Google has interposed a warning to Lehto’s blog, saying, “Some readers of this blog have contacted Google because they believe this blog’s content is objectionable.” […]
By Curt on Jun 1, 2008 in Cuba, Threatened bloggers | 0 Comments
From Potro Salvaje, a Cuban blog
Cuban bloggers frequently type up their posts at home, copy them onto a Sandisk, then duck into a resort hotel to use their Internet connection to post it.
San in Spanish means “saint” and “cruz” means cross.
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Thanks to Jose at Cubanology.
By Curt on Jun 1, 2008 in Gopalan Pallichadath Nair, Singapore, Imprisoned bloggers | 5 Comments
Gopalan arrested in Singapore
Singabloodypore sent us a note informing us that another blogger, a former Singaporean and current US citizen, has been arrested. Unlike the last arrest, of (ick) Fragrant Prince, this one is not for some species of racism, but stems, I think, from the same tendency, to shut up ideas not given official […]
By Curt on May 31, 2008 in Flood the Jail with Mail, Free Kareem, Imprisoned bloggers, Kareem, Egypt | 0 Comments
Esra’a of FreeKareem shared a letter with us from Kareem.
I got 2300 messages from everywhere , i feel so happy everytime i am receiving a letter , i feel that people
didnt forget about me
Our Flood the Jail with Mail campaign was much more of a success than I anticipated, I confess.
Check out this post to […]
By Curt on May 22, 2008 in Singapore, Imprisoned bloggers | 2 Comments
A 24-year old blogger of Chinese extraction was arrested in Singapore for an allegedly racist post. The blogger goes by the name “Fragrant Prince.” (Ick.) A visit to the blog URL results in a message, “This blog is open to invited readers only.” Other bloggers said “Fragrant Prince,” whose name is Franco, replaced the allegedly […]
By Curt on May 18, 2008 in Facebook, Threatened bloggers, Egypt | 1 Comment
Human Rights Watch (via Sokari on our CPB Facebook Causes page) gives an account of another beating by Egyptian police. (I wish I had more time, or help, to do more original reporting on these issues, but, well, I don’t, so with apologies to HRW, I’m posting an edited version of their report.)
Ahmed Maher Ibrahim, […]
By Curt on May 15, 2008 in Tarek Baiasi, Syria, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Tarek Baiassi, whom we’ve written about before, has finally been sentenced, by a Syrian “court” to three years in prison. According to the RSF, the legal-like glass for Tarek’s sentence included “publishing false news” and “weakening national sentiment,” whatever that is. The real reason for the sentence was his having posted an article on the […]
