Friday, September 11, 2009

In Mideast, Blogging Can Lead to Jail, Torture

EGYPT:
Brave Egyptians risk arrest, imprisonment, torture to use blogging, Facebook, Twitter to inform fellow citizens about protests, strikes and human rights abuses. "Internet Freedom in Egypt" is a powerful video (with less than great translation).

IRAN:
Vancouver Film School students created this video short: Iran, A Nation of Bloggers. (Hat tip to Prof. Isakov.) This video was online months before the technology-fueled protests over Iran's disputed election.

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