Information - and people - wants to be free. Nobody ever said it would be easy.2009 was a bad year for freedom of speech across the world, with journalists and bloggers getting the worst of it.
According to a report (pdf) released last week by internationally respected organisation Reporters sans Frontieres (RSF), journalists bore the brunt of the crackdown – but there was also a sharp rise in action being taken against bloggers.
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Meanwhile, the spotlight is increasingly falling on bloggers, as 2009 was the first year that more than 100 bloggers and cyber-dissidents were imprisoned.
In a number of countries online dissent is now a criminal offence: authorities have responded to the internet as pro-democracy tool with new laws and crackdowns.
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What were they imprisoned for... writting?
ReplyDeleteMust go have a look.
ReplyDeleteThe last time I was there, they'd raised the US ranking, apparently just because of who'd become president.
on the subject of crackdowns:
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