Posted on December 10, 2009 by petersainsbury
This a summary of stories being carried on Radio Free Asia today December 10, 2009. Please use the links to go directly to the relevant RFA language website to listen to the stories or read original language transcripts. Some items are translated into English and are available on RFA’s English language page.
If there are stories that [...]
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Posted on May 6, 2009 by coolcat4
It’s about time: Yahoo! new chief executive Carol Bartz says that human rights trump doing business. Bartz’s remarks on May 5 opened a Yahoo! Business & Human Rights Summit at which she acknowledged that the US Internet pioneer made some mistakes in foreign markets. “It is really going to take all of us working together [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2009 by coolcat4
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Twelve US lawmakers have urged Internet giants Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to resist what they called communist Vietnam’s “worsening” efforts to restrict online political speech.
“We strongly urge you to advocate for the freedoms of speech and expression for the citizens of Vietnam by continuing to provide your [...]
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Posted on April 1, 2009 by coolcat4
A discussion on the New York Times.
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Posted on April 1, 2009 by coolcat4
http://www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/FreedomOnTheNet.pdf
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Posted on April 23, 2008 by dreamburo
From RFA’s Cantonese service:
I am Qin Yongmin’s ex-wife. My name is Li Jingfang. My hope is that the authorities will show some leniency, understanding and generosity to those in prison at this time, with the approach of the Olympic Games. I really hope that Qin Yongmin will be released from jail [...]
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Posted on October 13, 2007 by dreamburo
Online newspaper Irrawaddy reports:
A resident of Shwegondine, Bahan Township, told The Irrawaddy on Friday that she saw a group of four dogs with pictures of the regime’s top generals around their necks.
Sightings were also reported in four other Rangoon townships—Tharkayta, Dawbon, Hlaing Tharyar and South Okkalapa.
Some sources said the canine protest had started at [...]
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Posted on October 12, 2007 by dreamburo
MANDARIN: Interview with Li Heping (09/30/07)
MC: Li Heping, a lawyer from Beijing Gaobo Longhua law firm, has engaged in quite a few rights-protection legal activities. On Saturday, he was suddenly kidnapped by a group of unknown gangsters. It was reported to the RFA station that the kidnappers took Li Heping to an unidentified building and [...]
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Posted on October 5, 2007 by dreamburo
I have received this petition twice in my Inbox this morning by e-mail. The image is part of an advertisement campaigners plan to take out in major newspapers Saturday. The following is a translation of an interview by RFA’s Burmese service with a Rangoon resident:
Man: Around 2 am in the morning they came with [...]
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Mandarin: Listener comments on 17th Party Congress
The video shows then President Liu Shaoqi giving his work report at the 8th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Mao sits behind him on the podium, probably plotting Liu’s downfall…
Callers to Jill Ku’s call-in show appeared largely disappointed at the more than two hour-long speech given by President Hu [...]
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