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" Blogger arrests hit record high" (BBC)

Category: Blogging
Posted on: June 16, 2008 8:22 PM, by Greg Laden

More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.

Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report.

In 2007 three times as many people were arrested for blogging about political issues than in 2006, it revealed.

More than half of all the arrests since 2003 have been made in China, Egypt and Iran, said the report.

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You are NEXT! ;-)

Posted by: Coturnix | June 16, 2008 8:26 PM

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OT: anyone else notice this: If true, scientist have taken a methane producing bug and modified it to produce gas...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece

Posted by: sailor | June 16, 2008 8:54 PM

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Coturnix: No, please, apres vous....

Posted by: Greg Laden | June 16, 2008 10:59 PM

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