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Enemies of the internet named and shamed
News A list of 13 countries that represent a threat to freedom of expression on the internet has been published by human rights campaigners Reporters Without Borders. Julien Pain, head of the... [08 Nov 2006]
US web stranglehold challenged
News The Paris-based advocacy group Reporters Without Borders last week called reform proposals alarming and asked: "Do we really want the countries that censor the internet and jail... [30 Oct 2006]
Journalists sued over China iPod claims
News The suit provoked a media outcry, culminating in an open letter from Reporters Without Borders encouraging Apple boss Steve Jobs to defend the journalists. Foxconn, the company employed... [31 Aug 2006]
Google slammed for censoring its Chinese sites
News The France-based human rights group Reporters Without Borders (RWB) blasted Google, saying it was taking an immoral position that could not be justified. The group said in a statement:... [25 Jan 2006]
China: Web censorship gives US pause for thought
News Both Ryan and Smith are in the process of concocting new laws, which are likely to take cues from recommendations issued by Reporters Without Borders and the US-China Economic and... [13 Jan 2006]
'Tunisia not fit to host world web summit'
News Seven national leaders, including the president of the Union of Tunisian Journalists, are in the midst of hunger strikes that they hope will lead to greater freedoms, according to the France-based watchdog group... [15 Nov 2005]
Libya jails blogger
News Meanwhile, free press advocate Reporters Without Borders is calling on China to reopen a blog it shut down recently. Wang Yi, a teacher at China's Chengdu University, said authorities... [07 Nov 2005]
Leader: Who wants to test bloggers' new 'dodge jail' measures?
Leader Free-speech advocates at French organisation Reporters Without Borders have compiled a booklet to inform bloggers and journalists in countries with heavy-handed censorship how to get... [23 Sep 2005]
Bloggers get a helping handbook
News Free-speech advocate Reporters Without Borders has published a guide for blogging in China, Iran and other countries that strictly censor the web. Reporters... [23 Sep 2005]
Yahoo! 'helped China jail journalist for state secret leak'
News Shi Tao, a 37-year-old writer for the Dangdai Shang Bao (Contemporary Business News), was sentenced in April to 10 years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said in a statement.... [07 Sep 2005]
Iranian blogger sentenced to 14 years
News Sigarchi worked as a newspaper editor before his arrest and had also been arrested last year after he posted a pictures of demonstration by Iranians whose family members had been executed in 1989, according to Reporters... [24 Feb 2005]
Vint Cerf: People power must 'censor' the web
News In his foreword to the latest Reporters Without Borders report on the state of internet censorship, The Internet Under Surveillance - Obstacles to the Free Flow of Information Online,... [23 Jun 2003]
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