Reporters Sans Frontieres [1] has announced the winners [2] of the 2-month Freedom Blog Contest [3]. Chosen by popular online vote from around 60 nominated blogs who “each in their own way, defend freedom of expression,” the winners are:
ASIA:
Screenshots [4] by Jeff Ooi of Malaysia. (English)
AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST:
Shared Pains [5] of Afghanistan (in Farsi)
Al Jinane [6] of Morocco (in French)
EUROPE:
ICT lex [7] of Italy (in Italian)
AMERICAS:
Pressthink [8] by Jay Rosen of the U.S.A. (in English, obviously)
IRAN:
Mojtaba Saminejad [9], who has been given a two year prison sentence [10]. (in Farsi)
INTERNATIONAL:
Netzpolitik [11], focusing on global open-source technology and freedom of expression (in German).