· May, 2007

Stories about Blogger Profiles from May, 2007

Peru: The War Between Gisela and Magaly

Peruvian television has a colorful cast of characters. Among them are Gisela Valcárcel, the former "queen of daytime television" and wife of a top executive at one of Peru's main television stations, and Magaly Medina, who has a popular celebrity gossip program on a competing channel. They also both publish gossip magazines about Peruvian celebrities. The two women have a long-standing feud and have clashed over the years and Peruvian bloggers analyze this battle.

23 May 2007

Monem: first blog-post from prison

The Egyptian blogger Abdel-Monem Mahmoud managed to smuggle his first blog-post from his prison cell in Torah Mahkoum where he is being detained for a renewable term of fifteen days:...

16 May 2007

Hong Kong: PLA berth at City Center

I have written up a citizen report on the PLA berth plan at the new central harbour front at interlocals.net: It is not that we are opposed to the PLA...

14 May 2007

Fiji: Blogging Suspect Detained.

Pacific Empire comments on the arrest and detention of a Fijian businessman by the Fijian army. The army suspects that the businessman was writing anti-government posts. Fijian army took over...

13 May 2007

Bangladesh: release journalist blogger Tasneem Khalil

Bangladeshi blogger and journalist Tasneem Khalil has been arrested by the joint forces tonight. One of his colleagues (also a renowned blogger) broke the news requesting anonymity. They are afraid to speak out. His whereabouts are currently unknown.

11 May 2007

Egypt: open war on bloggers

“The war on bloggers started in Egypt and every morning brings a new episode” wrote Nora Younis on her blog today. Nora linked to a SMS/Twitter alert sent to her...

8 May 2007

China: Zola's blogger path

The Chongqin Nailhouse blogger report has impacted Zola's life completely. Many people find a way to reach he and invite him to do citizen report online. Now he decides to...

7 May 2007

Vietnam: Blog Anniversary

Duong Lam Anh, author of one of the few Vietnamese blogs in English, reflects on one year of blog writing. “Where will this blog lead me to? I have no...

6 May 2007

RSF: petition to free Kareem and Monem

Reporters Without Borders has launched today a petition calling the Egyptian regime to free the tow Egyptian bloggers Kareem Amer and Abdel-Monem Mahmoud. RSF is urging Internet-users to sign this...

4 May 2007

Hong Kong: Blog Hijacked

A new blog http://rhetorical.blogspot.com has stolen part of the content (posts and pictures) from a closed blog http://rhetoricalpain.blogspot.com/. The author of the original rhetoricalpain, TWS, has filed a complaint to...

4 May 2007

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