· February, 2007

Stories about Digital Activism from February, 2007

Bahrain: Blogger Released on Bail!

  8 February 2007

Illustrious Bahraini blogger Mahmood Al Yousif described a certain minister as ‘stupid.’ The minister lodged a case against the blogger, who was summoned by the CID yesterday. Today, he went to the public prosecutor, where he was questioned again for three hours, in the presence of a lawyer, and released...

Press freedom watchdogs slam Maldives

  7 February 2007

Major international press freedom watchdogs have recently slammed the Maldives for the Indian Ocean country’s bad record in press freedom. Reporters without Borders (RSF) has criticized the Maldives for violations of press freedom in its 2007 annual report. Information Minister, Mohamed Nasheed, who in May 2006 met members of an...

Bahrain: Ministers too Could be Sued!

  7 February 2007

Silly Bahraini Girl encourages a blogger who is being sued in Bahrain to take the lead and sue ministers too. “By suing you, your good friend here has opened a can of worms and a door from which we can ask lots of questions about everything under the sun. If...

Government Minister Suing Bahraini Blogger

  7 February 2007

Google Search churns out nearly half a million entries in 0.04 seconds when you enter Bahrain and censorship in that white space we all run to when our memory fails us. Scary? Not really, because so far the government's censorship efforts have not totally shut up all those who want...

Russia: Photo-Marathon For Children With Cancer

  2 February 2007

On Jan. 27, 2007, the third annual photo-marathon was held in one of the wards (Onco-Haematology 16) of the Children’s Clinical Hospital in Moscow. It was organized by the International Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOP), the International Confederation of Childhood Cancer Parent Organisations (ICCCPO) and the Russia-based Donory – detyam...

Malaysia: Nation Building or Breaking

  1 February 2007

Susan Loone is concerned about politicians trying to fragment her country and launches a new blog to discuss the issue. “This page will document all the events which continue to tear our social fabric apart, unless we do our part to put a stop to it all. One way is...