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Lebanon: Journalist Covering Weapons Smuggling Stands Accused Himself

Posted December 9th, 2013 at 7:08 pm (UTC+0)
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A small group of friends and supporters were waiting at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri airport Sunday evening for the arrival of Lebanese journalist Rami Aysha.  But they weren’t the only ones.  Lebanese immigration and security were also there.  They took him into custody and on Monday, for the second time this year, Aysha appeared before a military […]

Malaysia: When Censorship Backfires

Posted December 9th, 2013 at 9:24 am (UTC+0)
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Sometimes when you try to censor something, you end up drawing even more attention to it. That’s what the town of Johor Bahru recently discovered when it whitewashed over a street mural town officials believed cast the city in a bad light. You see, Johor Bahru famous for two things:  Asia’s only Legoland amusement park […]

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