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February 2008 - Posts

Monday, February 25, 2008 12:26 PM

Pakistan blocks YouTube

Joining with other such notable "defenders" of free speech such as China and Cuba, Pakistan has blocked access to YouTube. There have been a number of stories on this today (2/25). Here is the CNN link: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/02/25/pakistan.youtube/index.htm
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 7:05 AM

Russia continues crackdown on dissenting views

Just so no one thinks I am a "Johnny One Note" by always talking about China, the AP reports that Russia has banned the entry of the director of Human Rights Watch. Why should we, as journalists be concerned about this? This most recent action
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:18 AM

Comment on Ching Cheong case

After 1,000 days in Chinese prison for being a journalist Ching Cheong was finally released. Too bad hardly anyone reading American news outlets know anything about this. (Yes, there are stories from AP and other wires, but at best the story got two grafs
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 6:16 AM

Jailed journalist contemplated suicide -AFP

Wed Feb 20, 10:34 PM ET Hong Kong journalist Ching Cheong, who was freed from a Chinese prison this month, contemplated suicide during the darkest days of his detention, he told the Singapore newspaper he works for Thursday. He survived through reading
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:02 PM

RSF criticizes global community for cowardness

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans frontières13 February 2008Annual Press Freedom Report 2008REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CRITICISES LACK OF PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM AND FEARS ANTI-MEDIA VIOLENCE IN COMING MONTHS Reporters Without Borders
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