Several bloggers are reporting that the popular blogging platform Wordpress has been blocked in Turkey.Is Turkey joining China and Iran in denying use of the internet?For more coverage check out Ruins of Empire and Ten Percent....
From RFE/RL: Family and colleagues have welcomed the release on bail from an Iranian prison of Iranian-American Haleh Esfandiari and called for a quick return to her family in the United States. Esfandiari is the director of the Middle East program at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington who has spent the past three months in jail. She was freed on Tuesday (August 21) on bail of 3 billion rials ($320,000).Esfandiari appeared tired...
Throughout the world, repressive regimes are set on limiting the freedom of their citizens.
Reporters are being jailed, protesters beaten, teachers murdered in front of their students, and citizens are systematically intimidated and threatened.
In today's global era, the international community can help oppressed people everywhere.
I, the undersigned, oppose the denial of cherished freedoms of expression, assembly, and travel.
I support CaseForFreedom.org in its campaign against repressive regimes that systematically deny citizens these essential freedoms.
