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Brazil: Flash mob protest against Digital Crimes BillNov 18, 2008 Brazilian bloggers and netizens took to the streets of São Paulo to protest against the Digital Crimes Bill, which typifies the cyber-crimes punishable by law and stipulates penalties accordingly. They claim the law … Tagged: politics, americas, technology, law, weblog, freedom of speech, feature, brazil, press, protest, portuguese, cyber activism, internet and 038 telecoms, software and 038 tools |
Nov 17, 2008
“More than three years have passed already since the Saturday morning in October 2005 when thousands of Trinidadians marched through the streets of Port of Spain to protest the Manning government's failure to deal with …
Tagged: politics, sport, human rights, americas, english, law, history, freedom of speech, roundups, protest, governance, cyber activism, trinidad and 038 tobago
Nov 13, 2008
The Lung Mei （龍尾）Coastline is a natural muddy stretch at the eastern boundary of Ting Kok（汀角） Site of Special Scientific Interest (which is the fourth largest mangrove stand in Hong Kong). There are prolific …
Tagged: politics, education, video, english, weblog, environment, chinese, protest, east asia, cyber activism, hong kong china
Nov 12, 2008
A well-known Chinese blogger WU Jiaxiang argues the “riot” that happened at Taipei Hotel November 6 is in fact part of the rampant “political kidnapping” in Taiwan. The blogger further analyses who are ultimately …
Tagged: politics, general, china, roundups, chinese, protest, east asia, war and 038 conflict, taiwan roc
Nov 12, 2008
Id:sawabonroma, a Japanese writer living in Rome, describes her everyday life in the Italian capital at Roma no Heijitsu (ローマの平日). In a post on October 30th, she writes about a students demo against the education …
Tagged: education, italy, japan, media, roundups, japanese, protest, east asia, western europe
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Taiwan: At the Protest FrontlineNov 10, 2008 It seems that many people, especially if you are outside Taiwan, found the recent protest against Chen Yinlin in Taipei confusing. Bob pointed out that in China, some incidents in the protest were interpreted as … Tagged: human rights, video, english, general, weblog, freedom of speech, photos, chinese, protest, east asia, taiwan roc |
Nov 9, 2008
Mainland China envoy Chen Yunlin (陳雲林) flied back to Beijing 7, Nov after his 4-day “ice-breaking” visit to Taiwan. As the chairman of China's Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS), Chen, led the …
Tagged: politics, general, weblog, ideas, china, chinese, protest, east asia, cyber activism, war and 038 conflict
Oct 31, 2008
Belgraded contributes an article on what it's like to be a mother in Serbia to the Women's International Perspective, becoming “one of the rare men blogging there.” Showcased in the article is a Serbian blog called …
Tagged: health, roundups, children, protest, gender, governance, serbia, serbian, diaspora, cyber activism, eastern and 038 central europe
Oct 27, 2008
There are two quotes of Yang Jia, the 28-year-old man who killed 6 cops in Shanghai this year, that have been widely circulated among people. First, “被这样的警察管理着的国家，一个遵纪守法二十几年的公民最后都会被判刑坐牢。” In a country run and guarded …
Tagged: human rights, weblog, feature, china, chinese, press, protest, humanitarian, east asia
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Turkey: Blogspot.com BannedOct 27, 2008 In another long string of website services blocked in the Republic of Turkey, yet another blog service has been blocked: Blogspot.com. A court in Diyarbakir Turkey has banned Blogger/Blogspot.com in relation to an … Tagged: human rights, english, weblog, freedom of speech, feature, press, turkey, protest, turkish, internet and 038 telecoms, middle east and 038 north africa |