Tag: politics of cyberspace
Nigeria: anguish amid Boko Haram terror
As yet another Boko Haram attack left 30 dead at a vegetable market, Nigerian activists decried the disparity in online and media response with the Paris attacks.
US sells Turkey ‘smart bombs’ (to use against Kurds)
The Pentagon announces the sale of 900 "smart bombs" to Turkey just as Ankara is preparing to move against US-backed Kurdish forces in Syria.
Ethiopia: ‘Zone 9’ bloggers acquitted
Five Ethiopian bloggers were acquitted of "terrorism" charges related to writings on their Zone9 website—but one remains detained for "inciting violence."
AKP-ISIS collaboration in Ankara massacre?
Several PKK sympathizers have been arrested in connection with the Ankara suicide blasts—but the Turkish left charges that the ruling AKP collaborated with ISIS in the attack.
Tatar militants pledge to Syria’s Nusra Front?
In a claim convenient to Russian war propaganda, a group of Tatars calling themselves the Crimean Jamaat reportedly pledged loyalty to Nusra Front, al-Qaeda's Syrian franchise.
Crimean Tartars in alliance with Ukrainian fascists?
Crimean Tartars, blockading the Ukrainian border in protest of Russia's annexation of their homeland, are said to be collaborating with Ukraine's neo-fascist Right Sector.
Ecuador: gov retreats on closure of press watchdog
Ecuador's government dropped moves to shut the country's press watchdog after revelations that public funds were used to purge the Internet of critical material.
Turkey: Kurdish left resists ‘political genocide’
With much of Turkey's east under a state of emergency and pro-government mobs sacking offices of the left-opposition HDP, Kurdish leaders charge a campaign of "political genocide."
ISIS complains about jihadist rivals in Libya
The latest edition of the English-language ISIS magazine Dabiq includes a tirade against Qaeda-aligned forces in Libya, amid an internecine war of jihadist factions.
Ecuador shuts down free-speech organization
Ecuador's Secretary of Communications officially informed free-speech advocacy organization Fundamedios that it is being dissoved for promoting "indisputably political" material.
Syrian rebels pledge to defeat Russian ‘occupation’
Amid signs of an escalating Russian intervention in Syria, the opposition government-in-exile issued a statement pledging to "defeat any foreign occupation."