Posts Tagged ‘censorship’
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RSF Lists 13 Internet Enemies
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
International press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Frontiers (RSF), has published their list of countries found to be enemies of the Internet for censoring the free press and even putting cyber-dissidents to prison.
The list of these countries for 2006 includes: Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam.
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Noted News Today
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Rice presses China on human rights record
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has met with her Chinese counterpart - Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on Friday, to discuss the issues of North Korea and Iran nuclear programs. In a press conference, both dignitaries said they brought up human rights concerns each country has regarding the other.
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Da Vinci Code, and the hunt continues
Friday, June 9th, 2006
Although the movie, The Da Vinci Code, based on Dan Brown’s best selling novel, has had a fair share of negative criticism from both film critics and religious circles, it had only been banned from showing in a handful of regions like Pakistan and Fiji. I can name more than a handful of film critics [...]
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Stones censored in China
Friday, April 7th, 2006
According to this BBC news article, authorities in China have asked the Rolling Stones to refrain from performing a certain 5 songs when they perform in their Shanghai concert.
They gave a responsible response, saying it isn’t such big of a deal, since they do indeed have an extended repertoire from which to pick songs to [...]
