Reporters Without Borders

Thailand Australian writer held for past five days in Bangkok on lese-majeste charge

5.09.2008 - Reporters Without Borders condemns Australian writer Harry Nicolaides’ arrest at Bangkok airport on 31 August, as he was about to catch a flight to Australia. He was arrested on a warrant accusing him of defaming the Thai royal family in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude, which is set in Thailand. He is being held at Bangkok remand centre.

	4.09 - Russia Website owner’s last words to his editor: “Roza, they are taking me away”

	4.09 - Iran Six-month prison sentences for four cyber-feminists

	3.09 - Tunisia Access to Facebook restored, local newspaper says president intervened

	1.09 - Egypt Imprisoned blogger no longer allowed out of his cell

	31.08 - Russia Ingush news website owner shot dead while held by interior ministry officials

	28.08 - Malaysia Authorities order ISPs to block access to Malaysia Today news website


	5.09 - China: jailed blind lawyer’s family cut off by phone in run-up to Paralympics - Philippines: Newspaper publisher arrested over nine-year-old libel suit - Brazil : court extends partial suspension of 1967 law for another six months - United States : fourth journalist arrested in St. Paul during Republican convention, held 48 hours and charged

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	10.10.2007 - China A “Journey to the Heart of Internet censorship” on eve of party congress
	19.10.2006 - Cuba Going online in Cuba - Internet under surveillance
	16.03.2006 - Cuba March 18, 2003 to March 18, 2006: Three years after "black spring" the independent press refuses to remain in the dark

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	China : Yang Zili, creator of the website www.lib.126.com, in prison since 13 March 2001

	69 cyberdissidents imprisoned to date for their activities on the Internet

	20.10.2004 - China Yang Zili
	4.05.2007 - Egypt Kareem Amer
	15.10.2007 - Niger “Moussa Kaka must be free”
	8.07.2008 - Viêt-nam Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan