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Freedom of Speech · April, 2008
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Stories about Freedom of Speech from April, 2008

30 April 2008

It has been the most discussed topic in the Cuban blogosphere over the last week: the arrest of Las Damas de Blanco as they staged a peaceful demonstration for the...

Special report on Vietnam censored

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Thailand: Boycott Tesco Lotus campaign

Written by Mong Palatino · Quick Reads · East Asia

Hong Kong and China: 5 Posters On Beijing Olympics

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

29 April 2008

Europe: RFL/RL Hacked

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

28 April 2008

Egypt: When Religion Sleeps With Politics

Written by Tarek Amr · Middle East & North Africa

Egyptian blogger Zeinobia attacks Pope Shenouda III in this post for his recent Easter speech in which she claims he said people using Facebook will "roast in hell," reports Gr33nData...

Ukraine: Chernobyl

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Poland: Tolerance March

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Hungary: “Goy Bikers”

Written by Veronica Khokhlova · Quick Reads · Eastern & Central Europe

Uganda: Mwenda, 3 others arrested in newspaper raid

Written by Rebekah Heacock · Sub-Saharan Africa

(UPDATE: Andrew Mwenda has been freed on bond, see his letter to supporters on the TED blog.) Bloggers and independent media outlets in Uganda are reporting that three journalists and...

Venezuela: Update on the Simpsons Controversy

Written by Eduardo Avila · Quick Reads · Latin America

China: Carrefour Boycott Censored by GFW

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Hong Kong: Net Respect Project

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Hong Kong: Shame

Written by Oiwan Lam · Quick Reads · East Asia

Japan: Nagano red for Olympic torch relay

Written by Chris Salzberg · East Asia

The Japanese leg of the Olympic torch relay came to an end on Saturday without serious incident, but many Japanese bloggers who attended the event were left with lasting --...