Sunday, March 25th, 2012
This video footage shows people getting arrested in Red square (Moscow, Russia) just for wearing white ribbons (as ant-Putins sign) and without any explanation from officials.
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
On October 5 Latvian police detained three persons in center of capital Riga spontaneously protesting against the actions of a political party. Also three bystanders were detained as well. Read more here: http://freespeechlatvia.blogspot.com/2011/10/latvian-police-deliberately-detain.html
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Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Journalist and host of political Latvian TV show Skats no malas (A View from The Sidelines) Kārlis Streips was fired for calling the Latvia's Green and Farmer's Union political party a "whores" during his show. Here is more info on that: http://freespeechlatvia.blogspot.com/2011/09/latvian-talk-show-host-booted-after-16.html
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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 ...
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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 ...
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