Stories about Freedom of Speech from February, 2006
Nepal: Money Needed For Movement
DFN talks of the need for the Nepali diaspora to pump money into the democracy movement in Nepal: moral support is not enough.
Malaysia: Presses Silenced
Bloggers comment on the indefinite suspension of a newspaper's publication license in Sarawak, Malaysia for reprinting one of the controversial Danish cartoons. Here's Kenny Sia (who lives in Sarawak), Asiapundit...
It's Not Just The Propaganda Department
The liberal Chinese newspaper supplement magazine, Freezing Point, was recently closed by the government. The ostensible reason was a long study the magazine published on revaluating the modern Chinese history...
Google and Microsoft in China, Revisited
Mathew Stinson gives a comprehensive review of the recent discussions in the blogosphere on Google and Microsoft's censorship in China. He argues that Microsoft is commiting a bigger sin than...
Bridging The Gap… Danish Cartoons Again
A very important update on the Syrian Blogsphere was the Bridge the Gap in Blogspace project, started mainly to get bloggers from all over the world a bit closer, bloggers...
Lesser of Two Evils
ESWN discusses which is the lesser of two evils in terms of blog censorship: MSN Spaces which follows the orders of the Chinese government, or China's own BSPs?
All Yahoo!'s Fault?
The Western media are condemning Yahoo! again for handing over the personal account information of Li Zhi to the Chinese government. Li Zhi was sentenced to 8 years in jail...
The Jordanian Blogosphere Reacts to the Danish Cartoons
Like a lot of the blogosphere, the topic that has been taking over Jordanian blogs in the past two weeks is the infamous Danish cartoons: Ameen Malhas of Banzeen says,...