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Help Release Laura Ling and Euna Lee
On Tuesday, we heard from T. Kumar about what U.S. journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee face in their 12 year sentence in a North Korean labor camp. They got…
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(Trying Not to) Remember Tiananmen
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="141" caption="© 1989 Hei Han Khiang"][/caption] It seems Chinese authorities were busy today. While people around the world commemorated the 20th anniversary of the pro-democracy demonstrations and…
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Tiananmen 20th Anniversary Coming Up
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="© 1989 Hei Han Khiang"][/caption] As I'm sure many of you know, June 3-4, 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy…
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Zimbabwe is the new Pakistan?
[caption id="attachment_2128" align="alignnone" width="207" caption="Alec Muchadehama in his office, 19 August 2008"][/caption] Remember two years ago when then President Musharraf removed the Chief Justice of Pakistan’s Supreme Court, setting off…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Charged Today in Myanmar
Myanmar’s (Burma) pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi was charged today with violating the terms of her house arrest after an American man allegedly snuck into her home last week. …
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Obama salutes Tissainayagam
In his May 1 statement in honor of World Press Freedom Day, President Obama singled out for recognition a few journalists unjustly imprisoned for their work: In every corner of…
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Bloggers are Journalists too
[caption id="" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Shi Tao"][/caption] As some people have alluded to in the comments to this post by the Editors, bloggers are most definitely in need of press freedom…
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Happy World Health Day!
Today is the 60th World Health Day, which the World Health Organization uses to highlight a different health theme each year. Today it's making hospitals safe in emergencies, which WHO Director-General Margaret…
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China Blocks YouTube, Google Plays Dumb
In case you haven’t heard, Google announced a few days ago that YouTube had been completely censored in China. According to the New York Times, "Google said it did not…
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Bad News, Good News
The bad news is that the United States is still among the top executioners in the world. The good news is that the numbers are down. According to an Amnesty…
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Guantanamo's Uighurs Coming to the US?
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) On Wednesday, Attorney General Eric Holder gave the first public indication that at least some of the Chinese Uighurs cleared for release from Guantanamo in…
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Why Microsoft, Google and Yahoo! need to be reined in
(Originally posted on Daily Kos) Reporters without Borders (RWB) today issued its "Enemies of the Internet" report, exposing state censorship of free speech and expression around the world. Topping the…