Archive for July, 2009

Pirate Bay faces Hollywood lawsuit

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Thirteen movie studios including Disney, Columbia Pictures and Universal Studios are suing to shut down The Pirate Bay saying that the site is continuing to infringe their copyrights. Peter Sunde, a co-founder of high-profile file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, says new legal action against the site is nothing more than “harassment”. Read more here

Web petition stalls German videogame ban

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

German government plans to ban violent videogames will have to be put on hold, after a successful internet petition by German gamers. The e-petition, hosted on the official forums of the Bundestag, the German parliament, has passed the 50,000 signatures necessary to force a government review. Last month the country’s 16 interior ministers called for a ban on the creation and distribution of games involving violent acts against human or human-like characters. Read more here

Libel after Bower

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

royal courtsRichard Desmond’s attempt to sue an investigative journalist merely highlighted the weaknesses of English defamation law, says David Allen Green
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Burma: Between the Lines

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Burma between the linesIndex on Censorship and Article 19 present:

Burma: Between the lines – A celebration of art and survival

Saturday August 8th 2009
6.30 – 10pm

Free Word Centre
60 Farringdon Road
London
EC1R 3GA

Free Entry

A programme of theatre, performance, poetry, film and photography celebrating the ongoing resistance and imagination of Burmese artists, writers and activists.

Theatre:
‘Seven years with hard labour’ – first UK performance of documentary play by iceandfire theatre co, featuring the stories of Htein Lin, Ko Aung, Nita May and Khun Saing.

Performance:
A new performance by Htein Lin and friends

Poetry readings from:
Burma Anthology — A19 launches a new collection of poetry and writing , expressing the desire for change in their homeland.
The Wolf — poetry magazine launches a special Burma edition

Film:
A short portrait of Zarganar based on footage filmed in 2007 by Rex Bloomstein

Photography:
Burma: Darkness in the Golden Land – Dean Chapman
Extraordinary Places, Ordinary Lives – Enigma Images
Burma/UK– Martin Le Santo

Click here to contact Index on Censorship for more details  (enquiriesatindexoncensorshipdotorg)  

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Interview: Malalai Joya

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

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Despite being banned from the Afghan parliament, Malalai Joya continues to speak out against corruption and injustice. She talks to Elisabeth Eide about the struggle to be heard in Afghanistan
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High court denounces press censorship in Honduras

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Catalina Botero, of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), has reported receiving 12 complaints of media shut-downs and information about at least 25 journalists currently at risk. “Public media outlets which had favored president Zelaya were taken over, and the workers were fired,” she added. Read more here

Dutch journalist wins phone-tap law suit

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

A Dutch court has determined that phone-taps carried out by the secret service (AIVD) on journalists at newspaper De Telegraaf were illegal and must stop immediately. Furthermore, any information gathered by AIVD cannot be submitted as evidence in an ongoing investigation into from whom journalist Jolande van der Graaf received classified government information for an article she wrote in March. Read more here

Egyptian thinker threatened by Islamic extremists

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

Egyptian author and thinker Sayed Al-Qimni has been threatened and denounced as an apostate by Islamic organisations including Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya and the Muslim Brotherhood Since receiving the State Award of Merit in Social Sciences from the Egyptian government for his work. Read more here