 Freedom House released a video examining the challenges that Egyptian bloggers face at a conference on internet governance held in Cairo, Egypt November 2-7. In the film, Egyptian bloggers speak of overcoming torture, political intimidation and censure as they push against government restrictions on freedom of expression. The video aired at the 33rd International Public Meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the international body that coordinates Internet domain names and addresses. Freedom House plans to formally launch its Internet Freedom Project in early 2009 and already has a blog that follows internet freedom issues.  With internet freedom increasingly under fire, Freedom House unveiled plans to publish a new pilot study in early 2009 that will rank key countries according to the online rights of their citizens. Freedom House Senior Researcher Karin Karlekar explained the approach and methodology behind the Index of Global Internet Freedom at a seminar covering digital media in repressive regimes held in Copenhagen, Denmark November 10-11.  More than 20 percent of the world's countries are experiencing a disturbing reversal in freedom of association, according to a new Freedom House report. Freedom of Association Under Threat examines the increasingly sophisticated tactics authoritarians are using to restrict nongovernmental organizations, human rights groups and independent trade unions. Read the report.  Some of the nation's top foreign policy experts debated how the next U.S. administration should best structure and dispense foreign aid at an event organized by Freedom House in Washington October 28.Participating experts included Larry Diamond, senior fellow at the Hoover Institute, Carol Lancaster, director of the Mortara Center for International Studies, Princeton Lyman, adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Dorothy Taft, director of the Office of Democracy and Governance at USAID. Read the transcript. | November 21, 2008 - A new report from Freedom House praises Sub-Saharan Africa for showing "impressive improvement" in freedom of association, a rare advance in a world that is increasingly restricting the activities of trade unions, non-governmental organizations and other sectors of civil society. November 21, 2008 - Freedom House strongly urges a Russian military court to immediately reopen the murder trial of Anna Politkovskaya to media in order to ensure greater transparency of the legal process. November 21, 2008 - Freedom House strongly urges Nicaragua's electoral officials to conduct an impartial vote recount with international observers present to resolve the country's disputed local elections. The call came in a statement distributed at a meeting of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States on November 20. November 20, 2008 - Freedom House urges Taiwan's government to create an independent commission to thoroughly investigate clashes between police and activists protesting Chinese envoy Chen Yunlin's historic visit and recommend needed reforms. Click here for more... November 19, 2008 - Christian Science Monitor, by Sara Miller Llana November 19, 2008 - Kyiv Post, by Mark Rachkevych November 13, 2008 - Jordan Times, by Rana Husseini October 24, 2008 - Miami Herald, by Marifeli Perez-Stable Click here for more... |
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