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Special Report: 2012 Deadly Year for World’s Journalists

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

The year 2012 was one of the deadliest years for journalists, said the Committee to Protect Journalists on Thursday, with a total of 70 killed. The high death toll was attributed to the conflict in Syria and violence against reporters…

Tagged with: Committee to Protect Journalists, Ethiopia, Iraq, Journalism, Libya, marie colvin, Mexico, Middle East, Pakistan, Politics, robert mahoney, Somalia, Special Report, Syria, turkish journalists, Vietnam
Posted in Censorship, Special Report, World News

World News: Pakistani Protesters March on US Consulate

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video produced in the United States have clashed with police as they tried to march toward the U.S. Consulate in the southern city of Karachi. Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the…

Tagged with: Middle East, Pakistan, Protest, United States, Unrest, Video Response, World News, YouTube
Posted in World News

Pakistan Postpones Texting Censorship

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 4 Comments

Pakistani officials are denying they ordered the country’s mobile phone operators to block certain text messages sent by customers. A free speech advocacy group plans to sue the government over a list containing hundreds of so-called obscene words and phrases,…

Tagged with: Jesus, Mobile phone, Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Parent-Teacher Association, PTA, Text messaging, Twitter
Posted in Free Speech, Government Control, Human Rights

Pakistan Escalates Its Internet Censorship

Posted on July 26, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 4 Comments

Censorship of political content has no place in Pakistan’s democracy, which guarantees freedom of expression. When websites are blocked in a country with over 20 million internet users, people tend to notice. In Pakistan, where the openness of the internet has…

Tagged with: All Articles, censorship, Censorship in America, Free Speech Internet, Freedom of speech, Freedom of the Press, General Censorship, Government, Internet, internet, Internet censorship, Internet service provider, Lahore High Court, Matt Taibbi, Newsworthy, OpenNet Initiative, Pakistan, Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Posted in Human Rights

Arrests of Twitter Users & New Filtering

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 3 Comments

Pakistan In Pakistan, where substantial online and offline censorship already exist, reports have emerged that users of the ISP Mobilink must add proxy 10.215.2.32 port 3128 to browse the Internet, resulting in censorship of key words and phrases in search…

Tagged with: All Articles, censorship, Facebook Service, Free Speech, Free Speech Internet, Freedom of speech, General Censorship, Government, Human Rights and Liberties, Intellectual Freedom, International Business Times, Internet, Internet censorship, Kuwait, Mobilink, Newsworthy, OpenNet Initiative, Pakistan, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Social network service, Twitter
Posted in Censorship, Internet Censorship

Pakistan’s Intelligence Agency Denies Role in Journalist’s Murder

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Action for Freedom — Leave a comment

Saleem Shahzad, a prominent Pakistani journalist whose tortured body was discovered this week, was buried in Karachi on Wednesday. The 40-year old father of three worked for the Hong-Kong based Asia Times Online and other publications and had recently written…

Tagged with: al Qaeda, All Articles, Asia Times Online, censorship, Freedom of the Press, General Censorship, Hong Kong, Inter-Services Intelligence, List of Pakistani intelligence agencies, Newsworthy, Pakistan, Pakistan Navy, Syed Saleem Shahzad
Posted in Uncategorized

Silenced Once Again

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 2 Comments

Murder is the severest form of censorship and a brave Pakistani journalist has just offered proof with his life. Syed Saleem Shahzad has joined the unacceptably long list of over 70 journalists who have been killed in the line of…

Tagged with: Afghanistan, al Qaeda, All Articles, Asia Times Online, censorship, Freedom of the Press, Fundamentalism, General Censorship, Human Rights and Liberties, Journalist, Newsworthy, Pakistan, Syed Saleem Shahzad, United States
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Tunisia Bans Adult Websites: Backtracks on Censorship Reversal Progress

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Action for Freedom — 3 Comments

Tunisia is banning all adult websites after a court order called on the Tunisian Internet Agency to impose a blockade. The X-rated websites are seen as posing a danger to children and are considered contrary to Muslim values, according to…