Archive for March, 2009

Enemies of the Internet

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Last week Reporters Without Borders issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries. “The 12 ‘Enemies of the Internet’ - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam ...

Enric Duran presents a new publication on the crisis and gets arrested

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Enric Duran – Robin Bank presented a new publication on the crisis entitled "We can live without capitalism" (www.podem.com) and then was arrested in Barcelona. Enric Duran is the Catalan activist that in September made public an action of bank disobedience. "I have “robbed” 492,000 euros to whom most rob us ...

Fenced freedom

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

The Feedom Monument was partly fenced this monday (March 16) caused by fears of Riga city council that ommemorative march by former members of the Latvian Waffen SS (most of them were drafted during the German occupation of Latvia and fought against the Red Army) will cause clashes. Large numbers ...