Friday 22 February 2013

PRESS

Egypt: Blocking YouTube violates right to information

An Egyptian Court decided to block access to YouTube for one month due to its continued hosting of the 14-minute trailer of the movie "Innocence of Muslims". Read the reaction here >

PRESS

Tunisia: Urgent investigation needed into assassination of activist Chokri Belaid

ARTICLE 19 condemns the assassination of the human rights activist and political leader Tunisian Chokri Belaid and calls for an urgent independent investigation into his killing. Read more >

UPDATE

Freedom of Expression in Eastern Africa round-up

This monthly newsletter provides a snapshot of the status of Freedom of Expression in Eastern Africa. This month saw more journalists jailed and one columnist killed. Read the newsletter here>

AZAD TRIBUNE

Computer Crimes beef up prior to election

In an interview with Fars news, Abdolsamad Khoramabadi, the secretary of the Committee for determining Examples of Criminal Web Content, who is also responsible for internet censorship in Iran, announced that this committee has assembled 16 cases as examples of cyber crimes regarding the presidential election. Read more>

BLOG

Myanmar: Dr Seik's famous blog post being investigated by parliament (in English)

In the last few days, anonymous blogger "Dr Seik Phwar" has been a major focus of the Myanmar parliament who have pushed a motion to out his identity. Full blog post >