Thanthawut Taweewarodomkul, who operated an anti-government website, has been sentenced to 13 years in prison on charges of lese majeste and breaching the Computer Crime Act. He was arrested in April 2010, during the anti-government Red Shirt...
CATEGORY: Digital Freedom
China: Uighur website editor given seven-year prison sentence
Tursunjan Hezim, Uighur editor of well known website Bilik, has reportedly been given a seven-year prison sentence. The sentence was handed down for unknown charges at a secret trial in July 2010, but has only been made public now. Hezim had been...
Thousands of websites blocked in US child porn bungle
Emily Badger: Thousands of websites blocked in child porn bungle
Webmaster trial in Thailand: A case of ‘shooting the messenger’
The case of Chiranuch Premchaiporn, the webmaster on trial in Bangkok, has far-reaching implications for freedom of speech – not just in Thailand, but in the wider region too, argues Gayathry Venkiteswaran
Internet Rights and Wrongs: Choices & Challenges in a Networked World
Remarks delivered by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at George Washington University, 15 February 2011 Thank you all very much and good afternoon. It is a pleasure, once again, to be back on the campus of the George Washington University, a...
Clinton web speech – preview
Padraig Reidy: Clinton web speech – preview
EU parliament votes against pointless web blocking and for child protection
Joe McNamee: EU parliament votes against pointless blocking and for child protection
US Wikileaks fishing expedition undermines Clinton's free web commitment
Jo Glanville: US Wikileaks fishing expedition undermines free web commitment
Iranian web designer sentenced to death
Iranian authorities have sentenced a web designer to death for allegedly creating a pornographic website. Canadian resident Saeed Malekpour, 35, was convicted of "designing and moderating adult content websites," "agitation against the regime" in...
UAE: News website shut down
The Emirates Local News website (http://localnewsuae.com), which translates and posts all news about the UAE from around the world, has been blocked within the UAE. The ban came 10 days before the site's first anniversary and the government have...
