Does anyone have concrete evidence of censorship by TELESA (body regulating Internet providers)? A report in Japan Focus by a reporter for Shinegetsu news agency and Japan Focuis has documented a government bill that allows it to ask internet providers to censor material relating to the nuclear crisis if it sparks rumors,etc. So far there has been a report that one person … [Read more...] about Japanese lawyers available to help fight censorship of Fukushima story on Internet
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TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
TOKYOPROGRESSIVE REFUSES COOPERATION WITH PAYPAL AND AMAZON --OUR BOOKSHOP IS CLOSED-- Amazon, Paypal, Visa, the Swiss Post Office and other institutions have blocked the accounts of Wikileaks or taken down their servers. Accordingly, we refuse to cooperate with them and TokyoProgressive is not taking donations until such time as they reverse their decisions. Although … [Read more...] about TokyoProgressive closes BOOKSHOP and PAYPAL donations, calls for support of anti-repression groups
Close the US government run School of Assassins
Shut Down the School of the Americas! November 19-21, 2010 - Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia!Join thousands from across the country at the gates of Fort Benning, Georgia for the November Vigil to close the SOA.MEMORIA Y RESISTENCIA - NOVEMBER 19-21TWENTY YEARS OF CONVERGENCE AT THE GATES OF FORT BENNING It's that time again! Only 3 days until thousands from across … [Read more...] about Close the US government run School of Assassins
U.S. Government Thuggishly Harassing Supporters of WikiLeaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning
From Alternet's Lauren KellyGlenn Greenwald brings us a new story of the U.S government harassing its own citizens. (or see below, second article)Back in July, Jacob Appelbaum, a researcher and spokesperson for WikiLeaks, was detained at New Jersey's Newark airport on his way back from a trip to the Netherlands. Officials confiscated his laptop, cell phone and other … [Read more...] about U.S. Government Thuggishly Harassing Supporters of WikiLeaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning
Guatemalan Research Horrors and US Hypocrisy
CIA Unethical Research Ignored By Stephen Soldz Monday, October 04, 2010 Change Text Size a- | A+ Stephen Soldz's ZSpace PageJoin ZSpace According to top US officials, abusing people in the name of research without their permission is awful, truly awful. In fact, it is so awful that it takes two Cabinet officials to apologize. That is, if the abuses were … [Read more...] about Guatemalan Research Horrors and US Hypocrisy