Republican People’s Party chairman Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu admitted that his party was behind the 1948 killing of renowned Turkish writer Sabahattin Ali and imprisoned renowned poet Nazım Hikmet for his political ideas.
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After the Computer Crime Act came into effect in 2007, Thailand’s freedom of expression has suffered greatly. Gone are days when the country had what was considered one of the region’s freest media.
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Burma’s pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has expressed her sadness at the death of former Czech President Václav Havel. Suu Kyi often cited Havel’s well-known writings, including quotes from “The Power of the Powerless,” in interviews and in her speeches.
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The Republic of Belarus will this week introduce a law that imposes restrictions on visiting and/or using foreign websites by Belarus citizens and residents. Violation is punishable by fines up to the equivalent of $125.
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A comprehensive reading list of books on Tibet and Tibetan literature compiled by the Tibetan affairs website High Peaks Pure Earth.
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Just before Iran, Burma ranked second to last in Internet freedom in a report called Freedom on the Net 2011, released on Monday by information watchdog Freedom House.
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In this interview Shahla Talebi discusses her experience as a political prisoner in Iran, the current political landscape in the Middle East, and the role of women in Muslim countries.
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