Advox: 5 new posts
Sami Ben Gharbia
Mauritania: Online Journalist Arrested, News Website Blocked and Journalists’ Sit-in Attacked
Abbass Ould Braham, a Mauritanian online journalist was arrested this past Monday, 16 March 2009, for an article he published on Taqadoumy website. News of his arrest was reported by Taqadoumy.com and echoed by number of Mauritanian websites. Abbass’s article “Deep into Mauritania: A Cross-Section of the new Mauritanian Regime” (in arabic) deals with the August 6 coup d’état, the Junta and the Mauritanian political system.
UAE: YouTube Ban Possible, Goodbye Flickr
Bloggers in the UAE are worried that YouTube may be banned in the Emirates, after access to photography hosting site Flickr has been totally blocked.
According to Press reports, YouTube is ranked among the top 10 most popular sites in the UAE and news about its possible censorship has sparked debate in the blogosphere.
Two bloggers were separately tortured in Egyptian State Security headquarters. One of them is now released, while the other has been receiving treatment in prison. After his release, the Egyptian blogger Mohamed Adel told an independent local newspaper that he was subjected to torture by the State security agents during the first 17 days of his detention. This week, two more influential websites have been forced to close, one is Pauwang（泡網）, one is Wei-cheng Za-Wan（圍城雜文）. Six Malaysian Netizens will be charged on 13th March 2009, according to news reports. The charges are in relation to their alleged insulting of Sultan Azlan Shah on the Internet. The six will be charged in differing states within Malaysia, two of which will take place at the Sessions Court in the capitaEgypt: Two Bloggers Were Tortured During Detention
China: Mourning for Intellectual Websites
Pauwang is among one of the longest history BBS in China and it was forced to close on 12 of March, 2009.
According to Hecaitou, the BBS is a platform for editor and professional. The BBS is [...]Malaysia: Rex Judicata