Despite visible press affiliation, John Farley, a web editor and reporter for the NYC magazine MetroFocus, was arrested on September 24th at Union Square during an Occupy Wall Street demonstration.
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Excerpts of Ahmed Mansoor’s blog. Mansoor was arrested in the United Arab Emirates for signing a petition demanding constitutional reform. He is boycotting his own trial.
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As the internet’s role in free speech becomes increasingly prevalent, tactics to control the internet are growing more refined each year. This list of 2011′s current transgressors has been compiled…
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The Weekly Digest — a round-up of Sampsonia Way’s top stories — is your source for quality weekend reading.
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Lanka-e-News editor Sandaruwan Senadheera, who fled into exile a year ago, has been interviewed by Reporters Without Borders about the current state of media freedom and freedom of information in Sri Lanka.
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Sampsonia Way has been following the case of imprisoned Egyptian pacifist and blogger Maikel Nabil who has now been on hunger strike for more than sixty days.
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Journalist Claudia Julieta Duque has faced death threats in the past, but never from within the Colombian intelligence. She is still waiting to hear back from President Juan Manuel Santos about her request for an investigation.
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