By Victor on Sep 12, 2008 in Press, Malaysia, Raja Petra Kamarudin, Anti-Free Speech Laws, Blogger, Censorship, Threatened bloggers, Blocked, Imprisoned bloggers | 2 Comments
Here at CPB we are astounded by Malaysia’s anti-criticism streak, with the government facing tough times they have decide that bloggers and website publishers are fair game.
We were a little optimistic that the Malaysia Cabinet decision to rescind the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to block Malaysia Today and all other blocked sites was […]
By Curt on Jul 26, 2008 in Press, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
Click here to listen to me gibber like a gibbon on Cubanology’s Speak Your Mind radio show.
By Curt on Jul 24, 2008 in Press, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
Among the recent coverage of the CPB are a piece in the Economist, one in the Yemen Times and others in ReadWriteWeb and Ars Technica.
From the Economist’s article on Syria called “Red lines that cannot be crossed,” published on July 24th.
In May Tareq Bayassi, aged 24, was jailed for three years for publishing “false news” […]
By Curt on Jul 12, 2008 in Cuba, Press, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
Update: Jose had something very important come up and we have had to postpone our discussion. I will let you know when, once we reschedule it.
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Jose & Ziva from “Cubanology’s Speak Your Mind,” a show on BlogTalkRadio, will be interviewing me today, Saturday, at 1:00 p.m. (PST). You can listen to Speak Your Mind live […]
By Curt on Jun 24, 2008 in WIA, Press, Threatened bloggers, Imprisoned bloggers | 0 Comments
Arthur Bright, a student, wrote an interesting essay on the WIA Report, asserting that the distinction between being arrested for blogging and being a blogger who got arrested was not perfectly observed.
Is it helpful to include arrests like those of Fatah, McClellan, and Aljughaifi in the WIA survey? I’d argue no. While it is commendable […]
By Curt on Apr 4, 2008 in Free Kareem, Flood the Jail with Mail, Press, Imprisoned bloggers, Kareem, Egypt | 1 Comment
Listen to The World’s story on Kareem and our Flood the Jail with Mail campaign.
By Curt on Sep 28, 2007 in Press, Committee to Protect Bloggers | 0 Comments
One of CPB’s goal is to act as a clearinghouse for information on threatened bloggers and threats to bloggers, both for bloggers, the general public and the press. That last element was in effect this week. USA Today’s main news blog, OnDeadline, linked to our post on Burmese bloggers. Jennifer Woodard Maderazo used the organization […]
