Via Scoop.it – Rights & Liberties
Eight days after her arrest, Razan Ghazzawi has been charged, according to an article from the Lebanese Daily Star. Bloggers continue their campaign to free her.
Via globalvoicesonline.org
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Responding to a Freedom of Information Act request filed by Muckrock, the FBI said that it held relevant records but that their release could interfere with pending or prospective law enforcement proceedings.
Via boingboing.net
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A report released Monday by two Chicago-based human rights groups calls for the Obama administration to close three immigrant detention facilities they accuse of having the most egregious violations, two of which are in Illinois.
Via huffingtonpost.com
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…how the Justice Department and private companies have already been going after domain names seizures, without due process, and how the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT-IP (PIPA) will make this much easier.
Via eff.org
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Proponents of the misguided Internet blacklist legislation — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) — downplay the idea that the overbroad bills could be used for censorship. But one only needs to look at the way existing copyright laws have been abused to know there’s serious cause for concern.
Via eff.org
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C.K. hasn’t said anything about the possibility of releasing sales figures, but comments on a popular torrent site offering the video for free download are telling. One after another, users are encouraging each other to refrain from downloading the torrent, and are instead providing a link to C.K.’s website and making users aware of the affordable $5 charge.
Via ipbrief.net
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The copyright industry is a business like any other. They get to compete for money based on what they offer. They don’t get to dismantle civil liberties even if they can’t make money otherwise, and perhaps especially if they can’t make money otherwise. For some reason, the copyright industry has gotten away with doing exactly this: dismantling civil liberties.
Via torrentfreak.com
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Tens of thousands defy bitter cold and fear of crackdown in challenge to victorious party of Vladimir Putin…
Via guardian.co.uk
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An archipelago of federal prisons that stretches across the country houses far more men convicted in terrorism cases than the shrunken population of the controversial prison in Cuba.
Via nytimes.com
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Residents are braced for much-feared army invasion with heavy armour, but tanks are staying on city’s outskirts for now…
Via guardian.co.uk
