Stories about Breaking News from January, 2008
China: Lawyers denied visit to detained blogger Hu Jia
If a blogger you read or maybe have only just heard of disappeared one day, would you blog about it, even if doing so would put you, or at least your blog, at risk? Dozens of police came into human rights blogger Hu Jia's home last week and quietly whisked him away; here are some of the few reactions to that.
Uzbekistan: Earthquake Shakes Ferghana
Jamiyat reports on the earthquake that had come half an hour before the New Year. It was felt through the Eastern Uzbekistan with the epicenter in Namangan region of the...
Japan: Top blogger calls it quits, again
Asiajin reports that Wakatsuki Chinatsu, Japan's top blogger, who in late November declared that she would take a break from blogging only to change her mind [ja] shortly thereafter, has...
