Free speech for bloggers worldwide
Category: NiknaymanBy Curt on Jun 18, 2008 in WIA, Niknayman, Burma, Threatened bloggers, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Given the press coverage of the WIA Report, which included reference to a list of Burmese arrestees we posted a link to, I thought some clarification would be useful. Neither the source of the report, Burmese blogger Niknayman, nor the CPB, nor Duncan, the guy who formatted the list we used, have ever maintained that […]
By Curt on Oct 5, 2007 in Cbox, Free Burma, Citizen journalists, Niknayman, Burma, Censorship | 0 Comments
I spoke with Seth Mydans, a reporter for the New York Times who’s been covering Burma. When he looked at Niknayman’s Cbox account, he noted that a great deal of the material posted in the last days indicated access to foreign media, which was unlikely (though not impossible) from inside the country. Even allowing for […]
By Curt on Oct 2, 2007 in Cbox, Niknayman, Burma | 0 Comments
At the bottom of the central sidebar is Niknayman’s cbox, code courtesy Marshall. Grab the code on his ReadWriteWeb post and let’s get it viral.
By Curt on Oct 1, 2007 in Cbox, Niknayman, Burma | 1 Comment
Niknayman has posted a link to the list of 344 people arrested in Burma so far.
Duncan has posted an HTML version of this list of arrested Burmese on his site. Thanks, Dylan.
By Curt on Sep 29, 2007 in Irrawaddy, Mobile telephones, Text messaging, Citizen journalists, Mizzima, Niknayman, Blocked, Journalists, Burma, KoHtike, Censorship | 0 Comments
Burma has become an object lesson for the power of blogging and, sadly, for the vulnerability of bloggers to the actions of a determined government. Protests began in August and, due to the lack of both independent domestic press and the presence of many international journalists, bloggers did the heavy-lifting in getting the news out.
Burma-based […]
By Curt on Sep 26, 2007 in Sone Se Yar, Saffron Revolution, Cbox, Niknayman, KoHtike, Burma, Moezack, Threatened bloggers | 2 Comments
According to Australia’s The Age newspaper, the blog of Burmese blogger, Moezack, has gone dark. Moezack’s photos and posts were used extensively by the news media as the protests heated up.
The blog of another (exile) Burmese blogger, KoHtike, has also gone dark. (Update: That is, has been blocked.) The Justice and Injustice blog is […]
