Though Facebook has over 1.23 billion users around the world, these 10 countries have political leaders who don’t want their citizens to have access to the site, or who have banned it amid fears that it could be used to organize political rallies.
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Editorial cartoonist Jehad Awrtani (Jordan) on the surge of deaths in Syria, as the Geneva talks falter.
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Editorial cartoonist Surendran Rasadurai (Sri Lanka) on the stoning of a Syrian girl by the armed resistance group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for joining Facebook.
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In today’s cartoon Egyptian cartoonist Sherif Arafa questions the potential effectiveness of the upcoming Syria peace talks in Geneva.
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“Geneva II Peace Conference in shambles before it even begins.” Political cartoonist Brandan Reynolds (South Africa) on the recent week-long Syria Peace Conference held in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Photographer Molhem Barakat is one of the latest of dozens of journalists, reporters, photographers and videographers killed in 2013 while trying to bring the news of the Syria conflict to the world’s attention. Here’s a list by Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists.
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Syria is now the world’s most dangerous country for journalists. According to a Reporters Without Borders tally, more than 110 news providers (including 25 professional journalists) have been killed in connection with their work since March 2011 and more than 60 are currently detained.
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