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Blogger arrests hit record high
bbc ^ | June 16, 2008

Posted on 06/18/2008 12:47:12 PM PDT by GauchoUSA

More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.

Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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1 posted on 06/18/2008 12:47:13 PM PDT by GauchoUSA
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To: GauchoUSA

WTH????


2 posted on 06/18/2008 12:47:58 PM PDT by bannie
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To: GauchoUSA

Boy, the AP moves fast...


3 posted on 06/18/2008 12:50:47 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: bannie
It's not healthy to be a blogger who annoys the government if you live in Burma, China, Egypt, etc

Hell, you can get into serious trouble for speaking out in Canada, as Mark Styne has discovered

4 posted on 06/18/2008 12:52:57 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." -- George Orwell)
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To: PapaBear3625

This reminds me a bit about the fairness doctrine. You know how the Dems have a list of topics we cant talk about? Can you imagine what will happen if these nuts get their way?


5 posted on 06/18/2008 12:55:53 PM PDT by GauchoUSA
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To: GauchoUSA

But how can this be?? Amnesty International told me the USA is the biggest human rights abuser in the world. /s


6 posted on 06/18/2008 12:56:07 PM PDT by bornred
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To: PapaBear3625
From the article:

In the last four years, British, French, Canadian and American bloggers have also been arrested.

7 posted on 06/18/2008 12:56:32 PM PDT by weegee (In 1988 Lenora Fulani was the 1st black woman to appear on presidential ballots in all 50 states)
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To: PapaBear3625

I guess I sometimes forget how lucky we are...and how dear are our freedoms. Just another lesson to remind us that we’d better cling to our freedoms with all of our might!


8 posted on 06/18/2008 12:59:30 PM PDT by bannie
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To: bannie
WTH????

BBC and AP conspiring to out-do Pravda...

9 posted on 06/18/2008 1:01:50 PM PDT by johnny7 (“Duck I says... ”)
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To: weegee

In that case, we better make sure we post a positive aritcle about our Liberal comrades every now and then.


10 posted on 06/18/2008 1:01:59 PM PDT by GauchoUSA
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To: GauchoUSA

Hmmm, say something nice... Well, for a fat guy Murtha doesn’t sweat a lot.


11 posted on 06/18/2008 1:05:08 PM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: GauchoUSA

Anyone heard of an American “blogger” that got arrested for being anti-government? Or at all?


12 posted on 06/18/2008 1:15:42 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: GauchoUSA

http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/06/arrested-for-blogging.html

Arrested for videorecording a burning police car, another for supporting terrorism.

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/scandals/american_blogger_arrested_held_in_solitary_by_singapore_police_87215.asp

This guy was a Singapore resident who moved to the USA, Singapore busted him.

I guess there have been some American bloggers arrested.


13 posted on 06/18/2008 1:27:23 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: DBrow

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/16/quite-possibly-the-dumbest-thing-ever-published-by-the-bbc/


14 posted on 06/18/2008 1:38:11 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: GauchoUSA
Makes me feel proud to be an American and a blogger.
15 posted on 06/18/2008 2:38:27 PM PDT by do the dhue (They've got us surrounded again. The poor bastards. General Creighton Abrams)
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To: All

A Look at Legal Jihad:

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/legaljihad


16 posted on 06/19/2008 2:14:54 AM PDT by Cindy
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Quote:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2024913/posts?page=654#654

http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/yemen/

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http://www.longwarjournal.org/multimedia/Yemen-Saada/index.html

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BLOG:

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/06/in_pictures_yemeni_g.php

“In Pictures: Yemeni government targets civilians in Sa’ada”
By JANE NOVAKJune 18, 2008 12:10 AM

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Previously...

BLOG:

Note: Photos included.

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/192942.php

June 09, 2008

“Yemeni Journalist al-Khaiwani Imprisoned for Photos of Government War Crimes Like These”

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BLOG:

http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2008/06/09/al-khaiwani-verdict-six-years-with-hard-labor/

“al-Khaiwani verdict: Six years with hard labor”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Filed under: Yemen — by Jane Novak at 6:17 am on Monday, June 9, 2008

He’s in jail now. This from the same court that finds it legal and even admirable when Yemenis murder Iraqis in Iraq. But writing about the Yemeni civilians suffering during Ali Mohsen’s personal jihad in Sa’ada is punishable by six years in jail. Every journalist in Yemen is much less free now. And so is the world.”

654 posted on June 18, 2008 4:36:57 PM PDT by Cindy


17 posted on 06/19/2008 2:16:25 AM PDT by Cindy
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BLOG:

http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/193027.php

June 18, 2008
“Anti-Sharia Blogs Shut Down”


18 posted on 06/19/2008 3:07:49 AM PDT by Cindy
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