VIETNAM : Vietnam must free bloggers Dieu Cay, Phan Thanh Hai and Ta Phong Tan
His Excellency Trương Tấn Sang, President, Socialist Republic of Vietnam Your Excellency, I am writing to express my concern about the founding members of the Club for Free Journalists Nguyen Van Hai (a.k.a Dieu Cay), Phan Thanh Hai (a.k.a Anhbasg), and Ta Phong Tan. The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City will reportedly convene [...]
A Tweet To Mohammed
Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year old journalist and blogger from Saudi Arabia, is currently in jail in Jeddah awaiting trial on apostasy charges. On February 5, the day Moslems celebrated Mohammed’s birthday, Hamza sent the following tweet addressing the prophet: “On the day of your birthday, I won’t bow before you (…) I loved certain things [...]
Bangladesh: Netizens protest human rights abuse in the hills
Although outnumbered by the Bengali population, the close to one million indigenous and aboriginal population of Bangladesh live mainly in the During the 1970s and 80s, the government took steps to resettle Bengali homeless people in the three hilly districts of Bangladesh. There were resistances and insurgency by the local indigenous people and these previously [...]
Côte d’Ivoire: brutality continues after Gbagbo’s capture
Since their capture on April 11, 2011, pictures of former Côte d’Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo [fr], his wife, and their entourage [fr] have spread on the web and via international newspapers. One picture in particular provoked a strong reaction: journalist Israël Yoroba, currently correspondant for TV5 in the Ivorian city of Abidjan, posted [fr] on Facebook [...]
