Stories about Freedom of Speech from March, 2006
Free Hao Wu!
On March 22nd it will be one month since filmmaker and Global Voices Northeast Asia Editor Hao Wu was detained without charge. We appeal to the Chinese government for Hao...
Belarus: March 19 Photos
Belarusans living abroad rallied on Sunday, March 19, demanding fair and democratic election in their country. br23 posts links to his pictures from the protest in Prague. Andrei Khrapavitski posts...
Hong Kong, China: Tank man
ESWN rounds up and translates a post from Hong Kong schoolteacher Miss Lee in Summer, who took a photo of the Tiananmen tank hero to class, only to discover that...
Belarus: Protesters Are Leaving the Square
LJ user lipski reports (RUS): “People are leaving the square en masse. The reasons: audibility is poor (people do not understand why they are standing there, what is being said...
Belarus: 15,000 People Gather in Minsk to Support Opposition
LJ user lipski reports (RUS) from Minsk where some 15,000 people have gathered to support the opposition: “The rally's taking place on the steps outside the Trade Unions Palace. Milinkevich...
Belarus: Balloon Revolution
“[…] Good psychological weapon against the troops” – in order to show the regime they are not terrorists, everyone should come to the rally in Minsk with a toy balloon,...
China: Zhao Yan released
Angry Chinese Blogger is surprised at the release of former New York Times researcher Zhao Yan, ahead of the visit to the United States by Chinese President Hu Jintao. He...
Belarus: Backlash Against Opposition; Test for Europe
br23 blog and Andrei Khrapavitski both report on the continuing repressions against opposition activists in Belarus. One of Andrei's friends got expelled from the university, another got arrested. Andrei also...
Belarus: Intimidation Campaign
Belarusian KGB chief said going out into the street on Sunday would be qualified as terrorism and those caught would face tough sentences, including capital punishment, reports br23 blog: “[…]...
Iran: Ganji!
FM Sokhan, Iran based blogger & journalist, talks about Ganji's, Iranian famous jailed writer & journalist, liberation (Persian). Blogger says for him/her Iranian New Year does not start at 20th...
Landing at the Iraqi Blogodrome
Today's report is dedicated to the women of Iraq. Women have suffered greatly in the new Iraq and on top of everything have to cope with the prejudice of some...
Philippines: Right to Be Heard
Dean Alfar at notes from the peanut gallery argues for the Philippine opposition's right to be heard.
Iran: USA & Censorship
Antropologiinfo blog talks about censorship of research in the USA. Blog says” Recently, two articles by teams from the University of Bergen were accepted by prominent US journals and then...
Belarus: “Denim Revolution” Unlikely to Succeed
Sean Guillory guest-blogs at Publius Pundit on the upcoming election in Belarus: current president Aleksandr Lukashenko, opposition leader Aleksandr Milinkevich, opposition youth group “Zubr” – and the unlikeliness of another...
DRC: Missing Opposition Party Members
UDPS Liege, the blog of the Liege chapter of opposition party UDPS reports (FR) that some UDPS members have been missing since a peaceful demonstration the party held Friday in...
Belarus: Kozulin Controversy
Tobias Ljungvall writes about the controversy surrounding Aleksandr Kozulin, one of the presidential candidates; a discussion ensues in the comments section.
Belarus: Early Vote, Transportation and the Arrests
br23 blog does a quick roundup on the state of Belarus five days before the election: early voting; tickets to Minsk for the coming Sunday; and the new arrests. He...
Belarus: Pre-Election News; Rally in NYC
Andrei Khrapavitski reports on the arrest of the editor of a Belarusian Polish Diaspora magazine in Minsk; a Russian printing company's refusal to print a number of Belarusian papers; and...
Belarus: Milinkevich in Pinsk
Adam Goodman of Being Had has attended a meeting with Aleksandr Milinkevich in Pinsk. Here's his impression of the main opposition candidate: “[…] He is like a college professor who...
Mohamed Choukry and Jill Carol ..Remembered in the Moroccan blogosphere
Last week was a very active one in the Moroccan blogosphere. Different subjects interested the Moroccan bloggers from Jill Carol‘s liberation to the the sexual education for kids. Islam, as...
Cayman Islands: Brokeback hypocrisy
Cayblogger is less tongue-in-cheek than usual in his response to a Cayman Islands pastor's views on “Brokeback Mountain”.
