ups lupa, dikutip dr BBC news... 2008/6/18 K. Azis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Blogger arrests hit record high > ctions in China, Pakistan and the US could prompt more arrests > > *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. > > In 2007 three times as many people were arrested for blogging about > political issues than in 2006, it revealed. > > More than half of all the arrests since 2003 have been made in China, Egypt > and Iran, said the report. > > *Jail sentence* > > Citizens have faced arrest and jail for blogging about many different > topics, said the World Information Access (WIA) report. > > Arrested bloggers exposed corruption in government, abuse of human rights > or suppression of protests. They criticised public policies and took > political figures to task. > > The report said the rising number of arrests was testament to the "growing" > political importance of blogging. It noted that arrests tended to increase > during times of "political uncertainty", such as around general elections or > during large scale protests. > > Jail time followed arrest for many bloggers, said the report, which found > that the average prison sentence for blogging was 15 months. The longest > sentence found by the WIA was eight years. > > It acknowledged that the true number of bloggers arrested could be far > higher than the total it found as, in some cases, it proved hard to verify > if an arrest had taken place and on what grounds. > > For instance, it said the Committee to Protect Bloggers has published > information about 344 people arrested in Burma - many of whom are thought to > be be bloggers - but the WIA could not verify all the reports. > > It also noted that many nations, perhaps as many as 30, imposed > technological restrictions on what people can do online. In nations such as > China this made it difficult for people to use a blog as a means of protest. > > > The report pointed out that it is not just governments in the Middle East > and East Asia that have taken steps against those publishing their opinions > online. In the last four years, British, French, Canadian and American > bloggers have also been arrested. > > The report predicted that the number of blogger arrests in 2008 would > exceed the 36 seen in 2007 thanks to greater popularity of blogging as a > medium, greater enforcement of net restrictions, and elections in China, > Pakistan, Iran and the US. > > > -- > Rgds, > K. Azis > http://daengnuntung.com > [make it simple, make it works] -- Rgds, K. Azis http://daengnuntung.com [make it simple, make it works]
