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Turkey: Journalists’ Arrests Chills Free Speech
(Istanbul) - The arrest of nine journalists and writers on March 3, 2011, in the absence of clear reasonable cause, will have a chilling effect on free speech, Human Rights Watch said. The nine were accused of links to the alleged "Ergenekon" coup plots against the Turkish government. Those arrested include Ahmet Şık and Nedim Şener, two prominent journalists known for critical reporting on the Turkish criminal justice system and police.Take action to end impunity
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US students convicted for disrupting speech - Americas
Ten US college students from Southern California have been convicted of unlawfully disrupting a speech by Israel's ambassador to the US last year and placed on probation.
China: Rights & Liberties
India: freedom of speech, information & media
Security, Censorship, & Internet
Here was a typical Twitter message: “15% of Cincinnati’s Fire Dept browned out today to help pay for a streetcar boondoggle.
Honest Hyperbole and Free Speech - Adam Liptak
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An Important Video to Watch: Pepper-Spray by a Cruel and Cowardly NYC Cop - James Fallows - National
In May 2006, Anthony Chai, a naturalized United States citizen from Thailand, took a flight back to the land of his birth to catch up with relatives and friends.
Thai censorship critic strikes back at snitch Web host
Secret Agents Raid Webcam Artist
8 July 2011 Last updated at 10:54 ET The US Secret Service has raided the home of an artist who collected images from webcams in a New York Apple store.
Massacre victim’s widow flees Philippines
By TJ Burgonio Philippine Daily Inquirer The widow of a journalist who was among the 57 people killed in the grisly 2009 Maguindanao massacre has fled to Hong Kong, saying the Philippine government had failed to provide her protection. Speaking before journalists in Hong Kong more than a week ago, Myrna Reblando recounted her travails as the widow of slain Manila Bulletin reporter Alejandro “Bong” Reblando, and her futile, “costly” search for justice.
This post is part of our special coverage Russia's Protest Movement . Recent online coverage of the Pussy Riot trial makes it seem as if all of Russia is mobilized in protest against the inordinately harsh treatment the three arrested band members have received. Even Vassily Yakemenko, the erstwhile leader of the pro-Putin youth group NASHI, has spoken out against keeping them in confinement.
Russia: Pussy Riot Doomed by Its Own Supporters?
Is there a First Amendment right to videotape the public duties of police?