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  • Anonymous' attack on Syrian Defense Ministry website: A window into the group's changing agenda?
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 10 Aug 2011
    Categories: United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Australia/New Zealand, Defamation, Take-down, Human rights, Surveillance
    Early this week, the online hacking community Anonymous launched a cyber attack on the Syrian Ministry of Defense website. This attack is one of the latest in a series of attacks by Anonymous/LulzSec against governments and companies perceived to be engaging in some form of Internet control and, more recently, human rights abuses. The defacement of the Syrian Ministry of Defense website provides an excellent example of the vigilante-style anti-censorship campaign which has characterized many of the group’s activities this year.
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  • Threats to the Open Net: July 29, 2011
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 29 Jul 2011
    Categories: United States/Canada, Asia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe, Legislation, Take-down, Surveillance, Data retention, Threats to the Open Net
    Saudi Arabia blocks website of Amnesty International; UK judges orders BT to block access to Newzbin2; Europe look to increase online surveillance in wake of Norway attacks; and China institutes new regulations requiring businesses to install web monitoring software.
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  • Saudi Government Blocks Amnesty International’s Website
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 26 Jul 2011
    Categories: Saudi Arabia, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Legislation, Human rights
    On July 22, Amnesty International posted a secret draft of a Saudi Arabian anti-terrorism law, titled "Draft Penal Law for Terrorism Crimes and Financing of Terrorism [Mashru‘ al-Ni??m al-Jiz??? al-Jar??im al-Irh?b wa Tamwilihi (????? ?????? ??????? ??????? ??????? ???????)]." In response, the government of Saudi Arabia has blocked Amnesty International's website.
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  • Protests in Belarus provoke Internet censorship, temporary outages
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 15 Jul 2011
    Categories: Belarus, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), Take-down, Intermediary Censorship
    Protests have erupted in Belarus in response to immense inflation, political corruption, and media censorship; these protests have largely been organized online and, over the past few weeks, have resulted in increased Internet censorship.
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  • Threats to the Open Net: July 1, 2011
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 01 Jul 2011
    Categories: China, Thailand, United States/Canada, Asia, Europe, Legislation, Arrests and legal action, Elections, Privacy, Threats to the Open Net
    CCP propaganda strategy are leaked; civil society groups refuse to sign the OECD's Internet Policy Principles; and Google releases an updated Transparency Report.
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  • Protests mark the second anniversary of the "Twitter Revolution" in Iran
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 15 Jun 2011
    Categories: Iran, Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Arrests and legal action, Human rights, Elections
    According to The Wall Street Journal, approximately 15,000 people gathered in Tehran on Sunday to commemorate the second anniversary of the the disputed presidential election of 2009, which led to the Iranian election protests and the so-called Twitter Revolution.
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  • UN Report Declares Access to Internet a Human Right
    By: Jane Abell
    Date: 08 Jun 2011
    Categories: Human rights, Publications
    On Friday, Wired reported that United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression had released a report declaring access to the Internet to be a human right.
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