Reporters Without Borders regrets that a bill passed by parliament on 4 May allowing the authorities to block websites with content deemed to have insulted the memory of the Turkish republic’s founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, was signed into law by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer on 22 May.
A popular blogger in Bahrain, Mahmood Al-Yousif, has had his blog reinstated after public protest, while one of his Egyptian supporters, Abdelkareem Soliman (“Kareem”), well known for his stance on human rights, has been thrown into jail because he would not retract anything he wrote on his own blog. To stay updated on the campaign, read the Free Kareem blog started by his friends, and join the campaign for his release.
- Reporters Without Borders say that the Singaporean authorities are violating free expression and trying to foster self-censorship in the country’s blogosphere.
Various stars, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu are among nearly 20,000 people who have backed the Observer and Amnesty International campaign to end repression on the internet. This remarkable response to the launch of irrepressible.info included support from around the world.
Amnesty International UK and Open Net Initiative (ONI), an Internet surveillance monitoring organisation, have claimed that several large technology companies are guilty of collaborating with “repressive” governmental regimes. Together with The Observer, Amnesty and ONI have launched the Irrepressible.info campaign to urge people to take a stand against repression.
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