Azerbaijan- among most censored countries

via http://www.ethicparty.org/presse.html

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) released a new report on the "Most Censored Countries" in the world on May 2nd. 

Azerbaijan, is a country that is singled out for its record of press harassment in all the possible senses of this phrase and is not surprisingly among the "Runners up" countries of the report, standing strong and firm together with countries like Turkmenistan, China, Ethiopia, Vietnam, and Sudan. 

I guess having fancy boutique shops and promo videos of beautiful nature doesn't really improve the records does it- not everyone can be treated as sheep after all!

And here is a video by the Human Rights Watch that summarizes what I just wrote very well.

Online oppression and what can you do about it

Not too long ago, I wrote this post, referring to CPJ (Committee to Protect Journalists) report '10 tools of online oppressors'. This morning, I cam across this tweet by Movements.org (great website by the way):

Some of these tactics include using violence against journalists, detention of bloggers, malware attacks, and others. You can actually access the full report in CPJ's website or visit here for the summary of the tactics.  

'The 10 tools of online oppressors'

According to Committee to Protect Journalists Special Report:

The world' worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old- school techniques. 

And so Danny O'Brian writes of what is happening around the world in countries like China, Iran and Burma and many others where freedom of media and activism are heavily censored and brutally punished.

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