…in Tunis sequestered in a hotel under close police protection, while the judiciary launched an investigation into his visit as a “threat to public order.” Middle East Online cited “informed sources” as saying that…
…the nickname “steam buns” online, which is used by many netizens to ridicule President Xi Jinping. Zhejiang lawyer Wu Youshui was “under investigation” for his online comments criticizing the government…
…also failed to implement further mitigation measures such as locks or salinity barriers. (Ahram Online, Xinhua, WP, The Economist, DW, The Telegraph, Aug. 6) The absence of locks was inevitable…
…information access throughout the country. The following is from Transitions Online, a publication linked to George Soros’ Open Society Institute that monitors the post-Soviet republics: Gaining news from within Uzbekistan…
…The Conspiracy is advancing in the modern world) is online at Bible Believers, a creepy millennialist Christian website. It is also online at The Winds, another creepy millennialist Christian website….
…BBC World Service, July 14; The Telegraph, July 13) Chinese writer Wang Lixiong and his wife, the Tibetan writer Woeser, have meanwhile launched an online campaign calling for the release…
…allow federal law enforcement access to online communications with approval of the secretive “FISA court,” which has been assailed by civil libertarians as a rubber stamp. A provision to protect…
Is the Russian province of Dagestan going the way of neighboring Chechnya? This July 2 AFP account (online at Qatar’s The Peninsula) makes a disturbingly good case: On Makhachkala’s streets…
…gone. We want someone else to sing for.” The translated lyrics are online at The World Global Hit: I hail thee, hawk of Lebanon I welcome thee, Hassan Nasrallah Here…
…the police-held Frank Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall—which the protesters had renamed Oscar Grant Plaza. An online video shows police repeatedly firing tear-gas canisters into the crowd. As…
…such attacks in Athens since it emerged in January 2008. (AFP, Dec. 4) Photos of the Greek uprising are online at Anthrolopologie du Présent. See our last post on Greece. Please support…