Sami Ben Gharbia · November, 2009

Latest posts by Sami Ben Gharbia from November, 2009

For Reporter Without Borders, “Press Freedom is the Price for Democracy”

  7 November 2009

“For you, access to information costs one click. In China, it would have cost a journalist seven years in jail”. This is the message you will currently find on the New York Times website as well as on USATODAY.com. Reporters Without Borders, an international organization advocating press freedom, defending journalists...

Tunisia: blogger Fatma Riahi arrested and could face criminal libel charge

  6 November 2009

update 1: November 6th, 2009 – Lawyer Ben Debba said fatma has been transferred to Bouchoucha police station and might be summoned to appear before a public prosecutor. update 2: November 7th, 2009 – Lawyer Ben Debba said that fatma has been released. On Monday, November 2nd, 2009, Tunisian blogger...

Introducing Threatened Voices

  3 November 2009

Today, Global Voices Advocacy is launching a new website called Threatened Voices to help track suppression of free speech online. It features a world map and an interactive timeline that help visualize the story of threats and arrests against bloggers worldwide, and it is a central platform to gather information from the most dedicated organisations and activists.