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To blog in Cuba: defying hazards, enjoying freedom

September 10, 2009 12:06 AM EDT

I share with my fellow Cuban independent journalists the drunkenness of writing freely under a totalitarian dictatorship; of experiencing the catharsis of denouncing the regime’s violations; of feeling useful to my people knowing that, in the long run, what I write will contribute to a better future.

The alternative Cuban blogosphere

September 10, 2009 12:04 AM EDT

At the end of the 1990s, Cuban dissidents sought out different media to disseminate the reality of the island. Reports on violations by a government that proclaims itself a human rights’ defender begin to circulate around the world, damaging the image that the socialist state wants to project to the rest of the world. This…

Online journalist beaten in southern Siberia

September 9, 2009 3:15 PM EDT

New York, September 9, 2009—Regional authorities must launch a thorough probe into a brazen attack on Mikhail Afanasyev, editor of the online magazine Novy Fokus, and examine whether his journalism was the motive, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Blogger still detained in Vietnam; three released

September 8, 2009 12:28 PM EDT

New York, September 8, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Vietnamese authorities to release immediately and unconditionally Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, a blogger who writes under the pen name Me Nam, or Mother Mushroom.

Mauritanian editor jailed for violating ‘decent behavior’

August 24, 2009 3:40 PM EDT

New York, August 24, 2009–The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Mauritanian court’s decision to sentence an online editor to six months in prison.

China’s Green Dam finally cracks

August 17, 2009 2:56 PM EDT

The Chinese government backed away on Thursday from its attempt to mandate censorship software, “Green Dam” and “Youth Escort,” on personal computers, a move that was previously delayed. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology official Li Yizhong denied there was ever an intention to require pre-installation of the programs on Thursday, saying the government’s May…

Can China contain the microblog?

July 22, 2009 12:43 PM EDT

Social networking sites are under increasing pressure in China. Someone seems to have realized just how difficult they are to monitor when it comes to breaking news.

Xinjiang reporters detained; Beijing commentator missing

July 13, 2009 4:41 PM EDT

New York, July 13, 2009–Chinese police should halt the detentions of journalists reporting on ethnic violence in Xinjiang and reveal the whereabouts of a Uighur academic and Internet commentator who is missing and reportedly detained in Beijing, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Uighur journalists who covered protests such as this one in 2009 were sentenced to harsh prison terms. (AP)

China must allow free reporting and Internet in Urumqi

July 7, 2009 3:30 PM EDT

New York, July 7, 2009–Authorities in northwestern Xinjiang should stop the harassment of journalists reporting on ethnic rioting and restore Internet access in the regional capital, Urumqi, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

China postpones installation of filtering software…for now

June 30, 2009 5:12 PM EDT

China’s Internet censors have blinked. In the face of opposition ranging from PC makers abroad to bloggers at home, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has backed away, at least for now, from a hastily conceived directive that all new PCs sold from July 1 should carry filtering software.