Zimbabwe bans political rallies
Monday, April 14, 2008
Source: BBC News
Zimbabwean police have banned political rallies “with immediate effect”, amid growing tension over the country’s disputed presidential election. (Continue Reading)
Professors Protest `Political Censorship’
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Source: The Korean Times
By Park Si-soo
A group of professors opposing President Lee Myung-bak’s cross-country canal project condemned the government for putting what they call clandestine censorship on anti-canal campaigners. (Continued)
Newspaper content considered misogynistic
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Source: The Charlatan newspaper
by Laura Di Mascio
The University of Ottawa Engineering Students’ Society (ESS) may find itself without funding after its members published an article that critics said incites violence against women, and has raised the ire of students and university officials.
Celebrate the first Online Free Expression Day!
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Source: Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders will launch the first International Online Free Expression Day under UNESCO’s patronage on 12 March, when it will also organise its second “24-hour online demo against Internet censorship,” urging Internet users to come and demonstrate on its website, www.rsf.org.
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Mullahs call for death penalty for young journalist held for past three months
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Source: Reporters without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is very worried about the pressure being placed on the authorities by conservative religious leaders in the case of Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, a young journalist in the northern province of Balkh who has been detained since late October 2007 on charges of blasphemy and defaming Islam. The Council of Mullahs says he should be sentenced to death. (Continued)
