Category Archives: Internet Freedom

HK backspace, backspace-Censors delete news of Hong Kong’s protests, but not quite fast enough

Posted on 10/05/2014 by | HK backspace, backspace-Censors delete news of Hong Kong’s protests, but not quite fast enough已关闭评论

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STREETS in Hong Kong have been filled with protesters calling for democratic reform and tweeting their Continue reading →

HK backspace, backspace-Censors delete news of Hong Kong’s protests, but not quite fast enough已关闭评论

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Hong Kong Protests Lead to Censorship on WeChat

Posted on 10/04/2014 by | Hong Kong Protests Lead to Censorship on WeChat已关闭评论

8:14 pm HKT Oct 3, 2014 LAW & POLITICS

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A pro-democracy protester is escorted by the police after Continue reading →

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Record censorship of China’s social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked

Posted on 10/01/2014 by | Record censorship of China’s social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked已关闭评论

PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 2:09pm

UPDATED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 6:14pm
Patrick Boehler
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Record censorship of China’s social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked已关闭评论

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Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests

Posted on 09/30/2014 by | Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests已关闭评论

By Christina Larson September 29, 2014

0929-firewall-Hong-Kong-970-630x420Riot police disperse demonstrators with tear gas during a protest near central government offices in Hong Kong on Sept. 28
Photograph by Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg Continue reading →

Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests已关闭评论

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An Internet Where Nobody Says Anything-Ilham Tohti’s Sentence Shows Dark Vision for the Web of the Future

Posted on 09/29/2014 by | An Internet Where Nobody Says Anything-Ilham Tohti’s Sentence Shows Dark Vision for the Web of the Future已关闭评论

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Chinese police impose tight security, sealing off the road leading to the Urumqi Intermediate People’s court, as the trial of Ilham Tohti begins, in Urumqi, September 17, 2014.

Here is what a court in Urumqi, the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region, concludes Ilham Tohti, a balding, thick-set, Continue reading →

An Internet Where Nobody Says Anything-Ilham Tohti’s Sentence Shows Dark Vision for the Web of the Future已关闭评论

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Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer

Posted on 09/25/2014 by | Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer已关闭评论

BY SUI-LEE WEE

Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Xinjiang region
BEIJING Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:19am EDT

 

Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Continue reading →

Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer已关闭评论

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Posts on Hong Kong student boycott deleted

Posted on 09/25/2014 by | Posts on Hong Kong student boycott deleted已关闭评论

The following post by ChrisTac, a Sina Weibo user with just 360 followers, was deleted sometime before 5:50PM yesterday, September 22, 2014. [See more deleted posts at the WeiboScope Search, by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre] Continue reading →

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US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence

Posted on 09/24/2014 by | US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence已关闭评论

24xinjiang02-master315-v2FILE – Outspoken Uighur scholar and advocate Ilham Tohti speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing.

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September 24, 2014 2:18 AM

WASHINGTON—The Obama Administration has expressed its “deep concern” over the life sentence handed down Tuesday against prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Continue reading →

US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence已关闭评论

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