21 Mar 2011 | Index Index, minipost
Around 30 demonstrators were arrested at a protest demanding the release of Private Bradley Manning on Sunday. The demonstration was held at the Quantico marine base in Virginia, where Manning is being held in solitary confinement.
Another US protest held this weekend resulted in the arrest of 113 anti-war activists. The man who leaked the Pentagon Papers was among those detained. They were protesting near the White House to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the Iraq war. Police made the arrests after warning activists to stop marching round the White House.
21 Mar 2011 | Uncategorized
The provisional programme for the Small Media Symposium 2011 has been released. The Small Media Initiative event, partnered by Index on Censorship, will be held at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London and will be open to the public on 8 April. On 9 April, there will be a series of closed-door workshops.
For registration details please visit the SMI site. View the programme below (subject to change):
SMS2011 Programme (provisional)
21 Mar 2011 | Index Index, minipost
Google has blamed the Chinese government for disrupting its services after users experienced problems with accessing their emails. Some users have also claimed that their email accounts have been hacked into. Just over two weeks ago some Chinese Google email users were targets of hacking attempts that were described by Google as politically motivated, specifically aimed at activists.
21 Mar 2011 | Index Index, minipost
Radio broadcasters have censored lyrics to Lady Gaga’s song “Born This Way” to avoid contravening the country’s strict decency laws. Broadcasters have distorted the line “no matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I’m on the right track, baby”. AMP, one of the biggest private radio networks in Malaysia, said that lyrics had been censored as a precaution because they “may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia’s social and religious observances”.
