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    • Freedom of Tweets
      Twitter in the Words of the Persecutors
      by Sampsonia Way / June 17, 2013

      Sampsonia Way presents a slideshow of quotes from world leaders who have spoken out against Twitter and its community.

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    • Chang Ping
      Freedom of Speech Roundup
      by Sampsonia Way / February 9, 2013

      This week: an interview with Southern Weekend’s former editor, Burma held its first-ever international literary festival, and the state of media in Pakistan.

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    • Hamza Kashgari
      Saudi Writer Could Face Death Penalty for “Blasphemous” Tweets
      by Eoin Koepfinger / February 24, 2012

      Hamza Kashgari on trial in Saudi Arabia for a series of controversial tweets he posted to Twitter that reference the Prophet Muhammad. If found guilty, he could face the death penalty.

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    • The Weekly Digest: Tarbaby & Oliver Lake, Burma, French Satire, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
      by Sampsonia Way / November 20, 2011

      The Weekly Digest is Sampsonia Way’s round-up of the week’s top stories. Sign up to get it delivered every weekend to your inbox.

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    • Three detained filmmakers
      “We Are Being Cheated”: Saudi Arabian Filmmakers Detained for Film on Poverty
      by Molly Burkett / November 15, 2011

      On October 16th, three video bloggers from Saudi Arabia were detained because of a documentary that they produced on poverty in Al-Jaroudiya, a district in the capital of Riyadh.

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      Burma Ranked Second to Last in Internet Freedom
      by Guest Contributor / April 20, 2011

      Just before Iran, Burma ranked second to last in Internet freedom in a report called Freedom on the Net 2011, released on Monday by information watchdog Freedom House.

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    • Forget ‘American Idol,’ Tune into ‘The Million’s Poets’
      by Elizabeth Hoover / April 6, 2010

      OK, I admit it, I don’t really know what they are saying on “The Million’s Poets,” one of the most popular television shows in the Arab world. But I have been obsessively trolling YouTube and whatever …

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      by Bina Shah / April 30, 2013
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