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Internet Censorship: China Lifts Ban on IMDB

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Action for Freedom — 1 Comment

China has unblocked the popular entertainment website IMDB (Internet Movie Database), which has been blocked since 2010. “I know very few cases where a site that’s been blocked for a long time is unblocked,” said Doug Young, a journalism professor…

Media Censorship: Vietnam Writer, Priest Handed Jail Sentences

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

A court in central Vietnam sentenced a female writer to five years in prison and ordered an activist priest jailed for two years for “activities undermining the state,” official media said Friday. Ho Thi Bich Khuong, 44, was handed three…

Tagged with: Bloc 8406, censorship, Communist Party, Human Right, Khuong, Nghe An Province, Nhân Dân, Vietnam, Vietnamese language
Posted in Free Speech, Human Rights, Media Censorship

Internet Censorship: Chinese Censors Target Citizen Journalists

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Chinese media controls aim to limit ‘fabricated, inaccurate’ reporting. China’s censors have issued strict new rules to journalists in state-run media, warning that those who report information the government deems “inaccurate” could lose their press cards or face jail. But…

Tagged with: Beijing, China, Communist Party, Communist Party of China, Friday, General Administration of Press and Publication, Laogai Research Foundation, Xinhua News Agency
Posted in Government Control, Human Rights, Internet Censorship

China Censors Internet Rumors on Jiang’s Health

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Chinese censors are apparently blocking online discussion of former president Jiang Zemin, whose absence from a key Communist Party event in Beijing has sparked speculation that he is seriously ill. The 84-year-old Jiang was conspicuously missing Friday from state celebrations…