Jailing the Messengers

Is jailing him for eight years just?

Fining them or jailing them was too much already.

Many non Chinese, including me, have signed a letter of protest against the jailing of Liu Xiaobo.

Instead, the UN continues to defer to Mugabe, who hides behind claims of sovereignty while jailing a defenseless populace.

Jailing bloggers isn't restricted to Arab countries like Egypt, for instance, which has jailed a sizable number of bloggers.

By jailing them, the regime has made it clear that violence is the only avenue open to those seeking change.

But President Suharto's regime began another press crackdown in the early 1970's, ultimately banning various media and jailing many journalists.

Yet badgering or jailing journalists is no way to resolve what could be handled through a voluntary media council or independent ombudsman.

Worldwide rallies to protest the jailing of Egyptian blogger Kareem Nabil Sulieman are being lined up for February 22, announces Free Kareem.

Fortunately, China s jailing of Liu Xiaobo will not, as we Chinese say, succeed in its effort to frighten the monkey by killing a chicken.

The controversy led to the jailing of several University of Islam board members and Elijah Muhammad in 1934 and to violent confrontations with police.

Indeed, the military, the bulwark of Mubarak s regime, is now in charge in Egypt, and has been repressing, jailing, and killing protesters who dare to stand up.

because of all of this, on September 24 and 25 we will be tweeting and blogging using the hashtag ضد_حبس_المثليين which means Against the Jailing of Gays

But the jailing of Liu also demonstrates in the starkest terms that China s neglect of human rights is flowing to the rest of world alongside the mass of Chinese goods.

Nevertheless, following a violently contested parliamentary election in 2005, in which more than 30 parties participated, Meles demonstrated open contempt for democratic pluralism and press freedom, jailing several journalists in recent years.

A Facebook page has been created calling on Saudis to protest tomorrow (Thursday) and on Friday against financial and administrative corruption, the jailing of activists and the lack of justice, among other grievances.

Turkey, for its part, seemed to be on a path toward true liberal democracy, notwithstanding the criticism of those who pointed to Erdoğan s jailing of journalists and generals it is now backsliding for all the world to see.

Before his release, Reporters without Borders said If Le Patriote broke the law by pre empting a state entity s prerogative to publish information, then it may be punished, but not by jailing its editor or the reporter who wrote the story (...)

Those could include trumped up complaints from the Egyptian government, especially after the slap they received with the jailing of Islam Nabih or the coopertaion of YouTube with the Egyptian regime as part of a deal, especially that YouTube is now owned by Google.

For jailing Liu on the absurd charge of trying to overthrow the Chinese state is typical of the type of thinking found in the closed societies of twentieth century communism, where the state asserted its absolute right to judge every thought and every thinker.

whether you disagree or agree with Abdulhameed Dashti, that's your right..to despise him and dismiss him politically, that's also your right..but to claim that you support the free word while you are happy for his jailing for a word, then you are a liar

Immediately after the stroke that killed his father at an exclusive summer resort villa on a remote mountain, Kim Jong il consolidated political power by concentrating it in the hands of a very few diehard loyalists and jailing, torturing, and killing anyone he viewed as a political opponent.

The Mubarak trial saga has had its ups and downs, but today's verdict seems to be like one of the final straws Egyptians can take. Despite being muzzled by a controversial anti protest law which has seen the jailing of countless protestors, Egyptians enraged at the judgement took to the streets to vent off.