Restricted freedom

 According to the group Reporters without Borders, the internet has been part of Egyptian society since the 2005 legislative elections. Many middle eastern countries lack transparency and candidness in sharing of information. Reporters without Borders says that in January alone, 31 legal cases were launched against bloggers and journalists.
Gamal Eid, director of the Arabic Network [...]

My MA Project and Free Speech

My MA Project, see here -, about the conflict between Christians and Hindus in India’s Orissa, touches on censorship issues over there.
One of which is this.
Also, I may encounter some freedom of speech issues my self, although I hope not. Any that I do I will log on this blog.
 
On the actual topic, even though I have learnt [...]

Bloggers get a voice at G20

Political leaders at next month’s G20 summit are getting ready to be quizzed by bloggers.  It looks like this is the first major political meeting where bloggers have had the same  access as the media. It’s all part of a group called G20 Voices that’s been set up by charities like Save the Children, Oxfam and Comic Relief. Their main [...]

The World is talking…are you listening?

One of the key elements of our original blog question was to investigate the relationships between improving  media freedom and new digital technologies. Global Voices Online started as a simple blog, but has trancended into an online medium for groups all around the world, who might normally be ingored by the mainstream media.
One of the projects [...]

First of all sorry about the interview not working. Am trying to fix it. 
 
Anyways…on my first blog about developing countries I’d like to start by saying what a developing country is.
There is no definitive definition but generally a developing nation is a country that has low standards of democratic governments, free market economies,industrialization, social programs, and human rights guarantees for its [...]

Hello,
Well I am finally back into the bloggersphere andI have finally uploaded the Sami Ben Gharbia interview:
http://www.4shared.com/account/home.jsp?sId=mmC8ShabIAGFblsm
Hope it works.
So before you listen let me point out the different excepts I have cut it into.
Blogging in Gaza would interest you most Nina. With the western media banned from reporting from Gaza during the occupation Sami explains [...]