Posts Tagged ‘pornography’
October 11th, 2010
The former editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia has begun a
two-year prison sentence for publishing images of women in underwear. Erwin Arnada was found guilty of violating indecency laws during a closed trial at the Supreme Court in August, overturning the acquittal decided by South Jakarta District Council in 2007. Islamic hardliners launched legal action against Arnada in 2006,
attacking Playboy Indonesia offices shortly after the magazine’s launch. Spokesman for the Islamic Defenders Front, Soleh Mahmud, said that the case shows “pornography has no place in Indonesia”.
August 3rd, 2010
Kuwait has asked BlackBerry’s Canadian maker RIM to
block pornographic sites though they will not
suspend the messenger services like their Gulf neighbours.
RIM have agreed to block 3,000 porn sites and have promised to do so by the end of this year.
July 16th, 2010
The Chinese authorities have
ordered 122 websites to remove all traces of pornography or lewd content from their sites or face censorship and prosecution. The content prohibited includes
pornographic fiction available for online reading or download. Chinese censorship has been
steadily growing and recently
hit the headlines over clashes with
internet giant Google.
June 25th, 2010
Police have charged pop star
Azril “Ariel” Irham with pornography offences for allegedly
participating in home made sex tapes with two other Indonesian celebrities. The videos came to light after they were leaked on social networking sites
Twitter and
Facebook and have subsequently been widely circulated via mobile phones.
Controversial Indonesian pornography laws prohibit public displays of flesh and behaviour that could incite lust and if convicted, Ariel faces a maximum sentence of 12 years imprisonment.
March 19th, 2010
An amendment to youth welfare legislation set to go before the Tokyo Metropolitan General Assembly today could potentially ban all provocative visual depictions of
“nonexistent minors”. The action is part of an attempt to crackdown on child pornography, but
Japanese Manga artists and the online community have criticised lawmakers actions. They claim that such terms are open to interpretation, and would infringe on their freedom of expression.
January 2nd, 2010
China arrested more than 5000 people in a crackdown on internet pornography in 2009, officials said yesterday vowing tougher online policing in the new year as a key element of “state security”. Officials did not say how many people had subsequently been put on trial. Authorities in December offered rewards of up to US$ 1465 to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography. Read more here
September 25th, 2009
On 23 September, the government has announced plans to block 1040 websites, referring to a resolution which states that all telecommunications companies and internet service providers “shall block pornographic websites”. Many of the websites to be blocked, however, are those of the opposition, religious groups and human rights organisations.
Read more
here
September 1st, 2009
Editor-in-chief, Fred M’membe and the entire editorial staff of Zambia’s The Post have been summoned to appear in the dock after they published an article critical of the “pornography” charges brought against their colleague, news-editor Chansa Kabwela. Local magistrate, Charles Kafunda has charged the group with contempt of court and ordered that they appear before him on Wednesday.
Read more here
