Archive for June, 2009

Officers storm TV station in Zambia

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Four policemen without warrants have raided television station Mobi TV in Lusaka, Zambia. They demanded for a copy of a programme addressing the controversial reappointment of an MP. Read more here

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Nokia Siemens aiding Iran phone monitoring

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

As protests continue in Iran, details are emerging of the technology used to monitor citizens. Nokia Siemens Network has confirmed it supplied Iran with the technology needed to monitor, control, and read local telephone calls. It told the BBC that it sold a product called the Monitoring Centre to Iran Telecom in the second half of 2008. Read more here

China web censorship controversy continues

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

China has confirmed it will continue with plans to force every computer in the country to run controversial filtering program Green Dam. The move follows news that Google have agreed to filter search results in China to screen out pornographic or explicit material. In a Twitter posting, prominent blogger Ai Weiwei appealed for an Internet boycott on the softwares launch in July, the same day of the anniversary to mark founding of the Chinese Communist Party. Read more here

Google executives face trial in Italy

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The Italian trial of four Google executives accused of defamation for allowing a video to be posted online showing an autistic youth being abused, will begin today. They deny all charges  and say the case is  “a direct attack on a free and open internet”. Read more here

Sarkozy speaks out against burka

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

French President Nicolas Sarkozy has spoken out strongly against the wearing of the burka by Muslim women in France. Mr Sarkozy also gave his backing to the establishment of a parliamentary commission to look at whether to ban the wearing of burkas in public. Read more here

India bans Maoist communist party

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

The Indian government has banned the Maoist Communist Party of India as a terrorist group, giving security forces enhanced powers of arrest. Read more here

Galloway censured over radio show

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Respect MP George Galloway has breached Ofcom’s impartiality rules after calling for listeners to attend anti-Israel protests on his radio show. Read more here

Iran: Maziar Bahari

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

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Index on Censorship calls for the release of renowned Canadian-Iranian journalist and filmmaker
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