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Inept or clever? Vietnam’s censors keep everyone guessing
Vietnam’s government keeps cultural activities from web comics to concerts under its watchful eye, for sex as much as sedition. Helen Clark reports
EU and Belarus: Change the black list, keep the deadlock
The status quo between the European Union and Belarus remains in place. The EU Council prolonged its present sanctions against Belarusian officials this week, Andrei Aliaksandrau writes
Bahrain Center for Human Rights wins Norwegian Rafto Prize
BCHR was awarded the human rights prize for its peaceful fight for fundamental rights in Bahrain
Don’t gerrymander the internet
Creating national networks will shackle the internet, inherently change its technical infrastructure, throttle innovation, and likely lead to far more dangerous privacy violations around the globe, Leslie Harris of Center for Democracy & Technology writes
Egypt tense as Morsi trial gets under way
Journalists were attacked by pro-Morsi protesters as the trial of the deposed president and 14 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders opened in Cairo on Monday morning. The tension on the streets of the Egyptian capital was palpable, Shahira Amin writes
Azerbaijan moves to post-election crackdown
Police raids offices of independent watchdog that reported on irregularities surrounding the recent Azerbaijani election
What does state press control look like?
In light of the UK’s Royal Charter on newspaper regulation, we look at 10 countries where the government has a hand in controlling the press
Belarus: Cultural censorship as state policy
Keeping tight control over every sphere of social life is the general policy of the Belarusian authorities. This is true not only about politics, economy or media; arts and culture face censorship as well. Zmitser Yanenka reports from Belarus
Information agency to be closed down in Russia
A Russian court pulled the license of Rosbalt Information Agency after warnings over the use of “obscene” videos in its reports, Andrei Aliaksandrau reports