10 September 2008

Blogging Is Not A Crime

Mohammed Erraji is a blogger who has been thrown in jail for 2 years. His crime? Writing a post that claimed the Moroccan King's charitable habits were encouraging a culture of dependency.

This isn't just Morocco. It's happening again and again in Egypt, in Russia, in Iran, in Saudi Arabia, and with anti-whaling bloggers in Japan.

You can take a look at Reporters Without Borders's handbook for cyber-dissidents here.

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