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Index Index – International free speech round up 05/02/13
An unknown gunman in Denmark has shot at a prominent writer and historian who is a critic of Islam. Reports said that Lars Hedegaard was not injured. The perpetrator arrived at Hedegaard’s Copenhagen...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 07/02/13
A woman in Timbuktu says she was lashed by Islamist militants for talking to a man who wasn’t her husband. Salaka Djicke was caught talking to her lover on 31 December last year and was then sentenced...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 08/02/13
An anti-corruption activist who leaked a sex tape featuring a Chinese Communist party official and an 18-year-old girl has said he is being slandered and intimidated by authorities. Since Zhu Ruifeng...
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Index Index – International free speech round up – 11/02/13
A boy has died today (11 February) after being shot by security forces in Kashmir during protests against the execution of a separatist. Ubaid Mushtaq, said to be 12 or 13 years old by doctors, died in...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 13/02/13
YouTube filed lawsuit against the Russian government on 11 February, to contest its latest cybercrime law to censor websites deemed harmful to children. The case was filed after Russian regulators...
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Index Index – International free speech round up 14/02/13
A Bahraini teenager has been killed by security forces today (14 February) during demonstrations to mark the second anniversary of the Bahrain revolution. Al Jazeeera reported the 16-year-old boy’s...
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Index Index – international free speech round up 15/02/13
At least 17 prisoners of conscience are on hunger strike in Oman. They began the strike on 9 February at Muscat’s Samayel prison, and other detainees have since joined them, making the total number of...
View ArticleBurma: “Unstable one day, stable the next”
On 27 March, I attended Burmese comic Zarganar’s extraordinary show at People’s Park, one of Rangoon’s major public spaces. The elaborate production, broadcast on independent TV channel Sky Net,...
View ArticleBelarusian journalists draw sentences for covering opposition rally
Reporters of Radio Racyja, Henadz Barbarych and Aliaksandr Yarashevich, spent three days of administrative arrest after they had been detained in Minsk on 26 April. The independent journalists covered...
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GLOBAL The PS4′s Share Button Needs To Be All Or Nothing, Publisher Censorship Won’t Work The PlayStation 4 is doing many things right. It’s ticking the boxes the developers want to see – it’s...
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