RSF : Best blogs defending freedom of expression winners

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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.org

Results 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: French

A 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

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