Archive for the ‘Detained Bloggers’ Category

Urgent Request – Flood the jail with mail

Saturday, May 1st, 2010

Dear friends,
A few days ago, news broke out that Security officers of the Borj al Arab prison broke into Kareem’s prison cell and took away his letters of support, which Kareem has been receiving from around the world.
They also…

Guest Post: Who are we? Individuals, citizens, journalists or all three?

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

-Hisham Wyne-
“Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign”
John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859.

But sovereign are we, over our blogs and the contents and comments therein?

We are bloggers. We want freedom. But…

Guest Post: Libertas Supra Omnia

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

Freedom of expression.
A term that weighs different on the scales of every individual. Be it invisible fetters that hold back tears, or physical restraints that gag your right to scream. Be it the dread of a tyrant’s wrath, or…

March 18 Themed Twitter Background

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

We’ve created a nifty little Twitter background for you guys to show your support for the movement. Instructions on how to upload it are below.

Step 1:  Right click on the above image and save it to your computer hard…

Free Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

The “Support Azerbaijan youth activists” campaign, whose mission is to secure the release of activists Adnan Hajizade and Emin Milli, has been collecting videos of solidarity from worldwide supporters.
Adnan and Emin were first arrested last year on the 8th…

Coptic Blogger Detained Without Charges for Over a Year in Egypt

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

Hani Nazeer, a 28-year-old Coptic blogger has been held in an Egyptian prison for over a year without any charges brought against him. Nazeer who kept a blog called Karz El Hob, was arrested on October 3, 2008 by State…