Syria charges US subversion in uprising; Bahrain blames Iran
…the army shelled the opposition stronghold, pro-government militia went house to house and killed residents at close range. (NPR, Sept. 27; Middle East Online, May 26) But if you go…
…the army shelled the opposition stronghold, pro-government militia went house to house and killed residents at close range. (NPR, Sept. 27; Middle East Online, May 26) But if you go…
…a US missile strike. Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has recognized Godane as the head of the “mujahedeen” in East Africa. (Sabahi Online, US Africa Command; AP via Garowe Online, WP, Sept. 2)…
Following the announcement that China’s Communist Party has proposed scrapping term limits for the presidency, effectively setting Xi Jinping up as president for life, the online reaction within the People’s…
…as the mass media, is one of three bills in the package that impose control over the dissemination of information on the Internet and online payments and inflicts harsher punishment…
…economy. Rehearsing an argument he made previously in a widely debated 2012 Le Monde article [Bolivian edition, not online], he insists that extractivism is not the fundamental issue for the…
…Another handwritten banner called for workers and students to strike and depose the “dictator and traitor Xi Jinping.” The protester, identified as Peng Lifa, better known by his online name…
…(Yemen Online, Dec. 18) A manhunt is underway for three militants who apparently escaped in the sweeps. (Yemen Online, Dec. 18) Please leave a tip or answer the Exit Poll….
…and activist calls by Internet bloggers, online diarists whose “Web logs” include political rantings and musings about current events. The Internet survived, even against fictional abuses against the world’s computers…
…rally or speech. Other journalists from big media, who were critical of Modi, came under pressure as well, both online and in the newsroom. Some received threats of rape, others…
…economy, imposing prison terms for anyone found guilty of running or just visiting such sites. Amnesty International described the new law as giving “the state near-total control over print, online…
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…fifteen days for “disrespecting” the Russian government online. An open internet in the US means there are thousands of sites with articles criticizing the US, but even one site with…