Cyberattacks on e-mail accounts of Chinese human right activists may force Google to quit China

Google may yet be forced to abandon the lucrative Chinese market after it gained access by agreeing to remove banned topics from its site. Hackers are attempting to invade the Gmail accounts of human rights activists along with the accounts of at least 20 large companies in the finance, technology, media and chemical sectors. -DB The [...]

China trip: Obama’s call for greater Internet freedom gets mixed reception

Chinese citizens were glad to hear U.S. President Barack Obama’s support for greater Internet freedom in China but were skeptical about the impact of his comments. The Chinese government censored the comments on the official news agency and deleted them from Web sites. -DB Radio Free Asia November 17, 2009 SHANGHAI — Chinese Internet users [...]

Human Rights Watch accuses China of silencing criticism with secret jails

A report from the Human Rights Watch accuses the Chinese government of allowing provincial and municipal governments to jail citizens who object to corruption. The report says the guards beat, sexually abuse, intimidate and rob these citizens. -DB The New York Times November 13, 2009 By Keith Bradsher HONG KONG — China’s national government tolerates [...]

Reporters Without Borders director urges President to pressure China on web censorship

During his Asian trip, the Washington director of Reporters Without Borders urges Obama to privately raise the issues of web censorship and oppression of journalists and bloggers to the Chinese government. -DB MediaShift Commentary November 10, 2009 By Clothilde Le Coz In China, Google is forced to censor its search engine, Facebook and Twitter are [...]

Environmental reporters in Egypt and China face devastating reprisals

It is not an easy life reporting about the environment in Egypt and China as the reporters face fines, law suits, censorship, death threats and prison. -DB MediaShift September 14, 2009 By Clothilde Le Coz Since May 2009, Tamer Mabrouk has held one of the saddest records regarding human rights abuses in Egypt. He is [...]

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