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[ NNSquad ] Massive crackdowns on Internet freedoms in some Arab countries?


Massive crackdowns on Internet freedoms in some Arab countries?

http://j.mp/H4W6x7  (Economist)

    "A BILL on "information-technology crimes" with extraordinarily broad
     wording and harsh punishments is due to come before Iraq's parliament
     in April, once the dignitaries and television cameras at this week's
     Arab League summit in Baghdad have departed.  The bill is one of four
     proposed laws that could severely restrict basic freedoms. (A fifth,
     on journalists, was passed last summer.)  Access Now, a human-rights
     group with a focus on technology, has a report on it out today.
     According to an English translation from last August, it includes
     mandatory life sentences for using computers or the internet to
     "compromise" the "unity" of the state (Article 3), promote "ideas
     which are disruptive to public order" (Article 4), or engage in
     "trafficking, promoting or facilitating the abuse of drugs" (Article
      5), which could include merely blogging about them."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Data Wisdom Explorers League: http://www.dwel.org
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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