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Stark regional differences are seen as jailings grow significantly in the Middle East and North Africa. Dozens of journalists are held without charge, many in secret prisons. A CPJ special report…
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The companies ultimately told Telecommunications Minister Kapil Sibal that it would be impossible to put this in place, especially given the massive amount of data that they would have to oversee. In response to the companies’ position, Sibal declared that they would take policy measures to enact their strategy, though he wasn’t specific on what form this law would take.
Via eff.org
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
Remarks in Recognition of International Human Rights Day
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After 10 years of unjust imprisonment, Adel al-Gazzar returned to his family in Egypt, only to be arrested again.
Via aljazeera.com
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India has urged social network companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google to remove offensive material, unleashing a storm of criticism from Internet users complaining of censorship in the world’s largest democracy.
Via montrealgazette.com
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Bush is in Africa this week to raise awareness about cervical and breast cancer and HIV/AIDS Read more by Corbett B. Daly on CBS News’ Political Hotsheet.
Via cbsnews.com
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Ghazzawi is one of the few Syrians to blog under her real name. She had recently been campaigning for the release of fellow-blogger Hussein Ghrer who was eventually freed on December 1 after 37 days in prison.
Via al-bab.com
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The Kimberley Process’s refusal to address the clear links between diamonds, violence and tyranny has rendered it hopelessly ineffectual. In effect, it has become an accomplice to diamond laundering.
Via huffingtonpost.com
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – An embattled phone-monitoring software maker said Friday that its wares, secretly installed on some 150 million phones, have the capacity to log web usage, and to chronicle where and when and to what numbers calls and text messages were sent and received.
Via wired.com
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This comic by Josh Neufeld follows Mohammed and Sara, two young Bahraini editorial cartoonists who found themselves on opposite sides of Bahrain’s short-lived Pearl Revolution.
Via cartoonmovement.com
