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RSF : Best blogs defending freedom of expression winners
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 11:30:50 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf () sethf com> Date: June 15, 2005 11:21:22 AM EDT To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>, Ip ip <ip () v2 listbox com> Subject: RSF : Best blogs defending freedom of expression winners Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 15:43:16 +0200 To: internet[at]rsf.org From: "RSF.Internet" <internet[at]rsf.org>Subject: Results of the competition for best blogs defending freedom of
expression 15 June The results are also available at : http://www.internet.rsf.orgResults of the competition for best blogs defending freedom of expression
Reporters Without Borders selected around 60 blogs that, each in their own way, defend freedom of expression. The organisation then asked Internet-users to vote for the prize-winners - one in each geographical category. More information about these awards : http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12326 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13098 After two months of voting, here are the results : ASIA http://www.jeffooi.com Country: Malaysia Language: English An extremely popular blog that takes an independent approach to Malaysian politics and society. Its editor, Jeff Ooi, was threatened with imprisonment, at the beginning of October 2004, because he allowed on his blog a comment "insulting Islam". AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST Joint winners Shared Pains http://kabul2.blogsky.com Country: Afghanistan Language: Farsi A blog commenting on Afghanistan's political and social life with a forthrightness rarely found in this country. And Al Jinane http://www.emarrakech.info/prana Country: Morocco Language: FrenchA blog run by a Moroccan trying to "understand the complexity of the world".
EUROPE ICT lex http:/www.ictlex.net Country: Italy Language: Italian A blog on Internet law and new technologies AMERICAS Press Think http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink Country: United States Language: English A blog run by an American journalist dealing with the media and free expression in the age of the Internet IRAN Mojtaba Saminejad http://8mdr8.blogspot.com Country: Iran Language: Farsi A weblog that earned its editor, Mojtaba Saminejad, a two year prison sentence in June 2005 (See: http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12563 ). In a demonstration of solidarity the 10 webloggers named here, who were also nominated for a prize, all voted for Mojtaba. They were: Nikahang, Shabah, Mithras, Khorshidkhanoom, Z8un, Memarian, Ghaja, Webnaameh, Shabnamefekr, Shargi. INTERNATIONAL Netzpolitik http://www.netzpolitik.org Country: Germany Language: German A blog dealing with open source technologies, Internet-users' rights and free expression in cyberspace. The competition for the best free expression blogs was organised in partnership with Deutsche Welle's "Best of the Blogs awards" (http://dw-world.de/english). -- Julien Pain Bureau Internet et libertés / Internet Freedom desk ___________________________________________ Reporters sans frontières / Reporters Without Borders TEL: ++ 33 (0) 1 44 83 84 71 FAX: ++ 33 (0) 1 45 23 11 51 internet () rsf org www.internet.rsf.org Read our annual report on the state of online freedom in more than 60 countries - The Internet Under Surveillance : http://www.rsf.org/rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=433 ----- End forwarded message ----- --Seth Finkelstein Consulting Programmer sethf () sethf com http:// sethf.com
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