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Re: www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

puzhankarayillath.an...@gmail.com (Hochiminh) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:43:02 UT

Hi Friends,
I am the one entered this issue in this group.As i know after the
arrest of Malla shekhara reddy,govindan kutty and some other Human
rights activists and the latest interview of Comrade Mohan (Cpi maoist
state organizing secretary as medias say) regarding armed struggle in
kerala drove kerala police in a crazy way.Now police is looking on

Re: [Bloggers Collective] Re: www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

dilip...@gmail.com (Dilip D'Souza -- feedback) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:18:31 UT

I'm unable to understand what is objectionable about
maoistresistance.blogspot.com. As Anoop points out, it is just a
collection of news stories.
I'd also like some confirmation of what happened to Bimal CK. Any
news item about this police action against his hard disk? Did it
happen because of maoistresistance.blogspot? If so, why? Apart from

Re: [Bloggers Collective] Re: www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

sab...@gmail.com (Gaurav Sabnis) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:50:15 UT

Shivam/Anoop, I would partially echo Dilip in this regard. I hadnt
even looked at this thread until now. So thanks for the reminder. I
will also look at the blog now. But even if they called for an armed
struggle in the name of Maoist ideals, I would support their right to
talk about it.
If you remember, when this group was formed, a lot of the blogs

Re: [Bloggers Collective] Re: www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

dilip...@gmail.com (Dilip D'Souza) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:19:55 UT

Sorry Shivam and Anoop, and thanks for the reminder. It completely slipped
my mind to go look at this site. Am going there now...
d.

Re: [Bloggers Collective] Re: www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

anoops...@gmail.com (Anoop Saha) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:55:14 UT

Disappointed by the lack of enthusiasm of Indian bloggers on regular attacks
on freedom of speech and direct and indirect censorship, the comrades are
now taking a spin. Now, all that the blog
[link] does is gather RSS feeds from various
news outlets and other public sources about CPI(Maoist) and put it on a

Re: [Bloggers Collective] www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

mallr...@gmail.com (Shivam Vij) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 11:11:16 UT

I see that nobody on this list has expressed outrage at this violation
of a blogger's birthright of freedom of speech! I am not sure if I can
argue free sppeech for someone who calls for "armed struggle" in the
name of Chairman Mao, but hey, what happened to the supportes of
absolute free speech on this list! Where did the comrades disappear!

www.maoistresistance.blogspot.com

guerilla.a...@gmail.com (Peoplesmovementsupportgroup) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:17:11 UT

Dear Friends,

This is regarding blog [link]

As per the blogger police taken his system to custody and they are
investigating the datas in the hard disk and they informed nearby
cybercafe's not to allow the blogger to browse and agents from the
state always monitoring his movements.

Youtube.com blocked in Pakistan..

dee...@gmail.com (Deep) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:41:17 UT

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Pakistani authorities on Friday banned access to the popular video-
hosting website YouTube for allegedly featuring blasphemous cartoons
of Prophet Mohammed.

The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority directed internet service
providers across the country to block access to youtube.com.

Letter for Taslima Nasrin and free expression

zigzac...@gmail.com (peter griffin) — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:14:19 UT

Hi
Dionne's address is in the CC, for those of you in Bombay.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
To:
Cc: dil...@gmail.com, Sanjay Kak <kaksan...@gmail.com>
Dear Friends,
Friends in Delhi have been trying to do some concerted (and broad based)
protest about what's happening to Taslima, locating it in a wider context as

Australia planning to censor the Internet!

zigzac...@gmail.com (peter griffin) — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:27:05 UT

This just in from a friend <[link]>. Like him, I'm
shocked.
[link]

Re: [Bloggers Collective] Re: More blogs and websites blocked in India

anoops...@gmail.com (Anoop Saha) — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:45:30 UT

Does the state have a right to define the relationship between ISP's and
their customers? I think freedom of speech is an absolute right, with a
state having minimal role in defining its scope.
Nothing seems to be severe as long as our own blogs are not blocked.
Anyways, in this case, the page has been restored *again* after I complained

Re: [Bloggers Collective] Re: More blogs and websites blocked in India

j...@pobox.com (Kiran Jonnalagadda) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:57:52 UT

ISPs have their terms of service. The site's owners can choose to
host elsewhere with better terms of service -- it's not as severe as
having your primary connectivity ISP blocking stuff.

Re: More blogs and websites blocked in India

anoops...@gmail.com (Anoop Saha) — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:16:44 UT

Hi,
I am surprised at the silence and lack of reaction on this bit of news.
This is a lawfully registered magazine in India, whose website has been
blocked by google, because Indian Government asked google to do so. How can
that be justified? Or is it that banning blogs and websites are okay as long

More blogs and websites blocked in India

anoops...@gmail.com (Anoop Saha) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 11:55:55 UT

From today's New Indian express, Kerala edition, I read the following
article. From what I know, people's march is a registered magazine, and
freely available not only in stalls in south India, but also in prominent
libraries in New Delhi. If the magazine is not illegal or banned, why was
its website and blog banned by google?

is the way Taslima Nasreen has been treated an attack on free speech?

zigzac...@gmail.com (peter griffin) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:40:56 UT

This from a post on the Sarai Reader list.
Transcript of Arundhati Roy interviewed on the treatment of Taslima Nasreen
by Karan Thapar on 'Devil's Advocate', broadcast this evening on CNN-IBN
The transcript was published on Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 20:32, on the CNN IBN
website
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