09 Dec 10 | Index Index, minipost
Mohammed Abdallah Al-Abdulkarim, a law professor at Imam Mohammed bin Saud University, was detained on 5 December after he wrote an article alleging disagreements within the Saudi royal family. Al-Abdulkarim’s article for Royaah.net also detailed King Abdullah’s travel to the United States for medical reasons. The professor is currently being held in Al-Hair prison in Riyadh.
08 Dec 10 | News and features
Financial journalist Nick Kochan explains that whoever is masterminding the economic suffocation of Wikileaks is using the same tactics as those who target terrorist groups
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06 Dec 10 | News and features
As hundreds of mirror sites circumvent attempts at internet censorship of the Cablegate documents, Wikileaks journalist James Ball calls on the US to remember its principles on internet freedom
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29 Nov 10 | Digital Freedom, Index Index, minipost, News and features
The Emirates Local News website (http://localnewsuae.com), which translates and posts all news about the UAE from around the world, has been blocked within the UAE. The ban came 10 days before the site’s first anniversary and the government have offered no reason for the decision. Visitors to the site will find only an announcement that the site has been “banned as per the regulations of the Internet access department in the UAE”. This follows the closing of the alHewar alEmirati forum at the start of the year.
