Remaining Consistent - The Truth Hurts
From the BBC News;
Blogger arrests hit record high
“More bloggers than ever face arrest for exposing human rights abuses or criticising governments, says a report.
Since 2003, 64 people have been arrested for publishing their views on a blog, says the University of Washington annual report.”
Those of us who currently have the freedom to write ought to remain grateful even in the face of the destruction of privacy laws, net neutrality, freedom of speech, etc. Try this on…
“More than half of all the arrests since 2003 have been made in China, Egypt and Iran, said the report.”
Arrested for blogging to expose “corruption in government, abuse of human rights or suppression of protests. They criticised public policies and took political figures to task.” Imagine? So that a select “few” can live a lifestyle of waste and opulence, without regard to humanity.
Crooks and Liars and HuffPo might want to pay attention to this;
“arrests tended to increase during times of “political uncertainty”, such as around general elections or during large scale protests.”
There’s a lawless administration somewhere that can’t be trusted… especially with the truth!
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1 opinion for Remaining Consistent - The Truth Hurts
xlnc
Jun 18, 2008 at 12:12 am
try and get things around here in the middle east without contacts and money to bribe makes it impossible to survive….nowadays governments are openly imposing policies and procedures to make money as quick as possible from expats living…the growth story in press, analysis is all hype, the truth and reality is something different…its all open…big towers being made by slaves…hurting the environment by building man made islands, and human trafficking to benefit low cost SLAVES to work for them day and night…
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