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Movements Monday: Emin Milli Free, Burmese Journalists Hacked, Vietnamese Blogger in Mental Hospital Movements Monday: Emin Milli Free, Burmese Journalists Hacked, Vietnamese Blogger in Mental Hospital

by Movements Team February 11, 2013 Posted in Eastern Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Movements Monday

In this week's roundup of trending news at the nexus of human rights and digital activism: Azerbaijani activist Emin Milli is released from jail, Journalists in Burma are the victims of state-sponsored hacking, 

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Twitter Lists: Who to follow in #Egypt #Tunisia #Syria #Libya #Pakistan and more… Twitter Lists: Who to follow in #Egypt #Tunisia #Syria #Libya #Pakistan and more…

by Rachel Silver October 31, 2011 Posted in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East and North Africa, Social Media, Twitter Activism

Follow these Twitter lists created by Movements.org and others to keep up with democracy and human rights activism all over the world. Is someone important missing from of the lists created by @aym? Want to help us create a list for your country? Email us and we'll make the additions.

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Uzbekistan Launches Its Own Facebook, Except It’s Not For Everyone Luke Allnut Uzbekistan Launches Its Own Facebook, Except It’s Not For Everyone

by Luke Allnutt August 26, 2011 Posted in Access to Information, Censorship, Eastern Europe, Freedom of Expression, Internet Freedom, Technology and Social Movements, Platforms and Human Rights, Social Media, Facebook Activism

This story was originally publisehd on Tangled Web, a blog of Radio Free Europe, by Luke Allnutt on Friday August 26.

Ever since social networks have come under greater scrutiny for their role in the Arab Spring -- and indeed in the U.K. riots -- repressive governments have been scrambling to find ways to rein in the unruly kids and their social networks.

Shutdowns aren’t always good things (except in times of crisis) as they generate bad headlines, so instead there has been a push from some governments to create their own sanitized networks. A new social network called Muloqot is being launched in Uzbekistan in conjunction with the state telecom monopoly. Muloqot can be translated as “dialogue” or “conversation”.

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Whatever Happened to the Kyrgyzstani Revolution? Whatever Happened to the Kyrgyzstani Revolution?

June 30, 2011 Posted in civil society, Eastern Europe, Sustaining Protest Movements

Remember protests in Kyrgyzstan? They came about quickly, were marked by violence from nearly the beginning, and managed to oust an entrenched and corrupt leadership. A year later, young people (over half of the population is under 25) are struggling to have a voice in the new political system.

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In Highly Repressive Belarus, Anonymous Facebook pages Spread Protest Information 10009 In Highly Repressive Belarus, Anonymous Facebook pages Spread Protest Information

by Susannah Vila June 28, 2011 Posted in Digital Security, Eastern Europe

Clearly there is no reason to think that the Belarussian government isn't savvy at cracking down on dissent, but here's some sign that dissenters are keeping up. More and more people are using social networks to spread information, but they're doing so anonymously.

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