Bahrain: Human rights website blocked

August 22nd, 2011

Bahraini authorities have blocked access to the website of the Bahrain Justice and Development Movement, a London-based group consisting mainly of Bahraini exiles that denounces human rights violations in the country and advocates democratic reforms. Without elaborating, authorities accused the site of “breaking Bahrain’s laws.”

Website blocking: gone but not forgotten?

August 4th, 2011

The UK government’s dropping of blocking plans are to be welcomed, says Peter Bradwell. But there are questions over what happens next with online copyright

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France on its way to total Internet censorship?

June 27th, 2011

New laws could could give French authorities web-blocking powers unrivaled in the democratic world. Félix Tréguer reports
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