A open letter to President Xi Jinping by Liu Xia, the wife of jailed Nobel peace laureate Liu Xiaobo, was posted by her lawyer on Twitter on 14 June, five days after her brother, Liu Hui, was sentenced to 11 years in jail in the latest evidence of the government’s harassment of the families of dissidents. Liu Xia has been under house arrest since October 2010, when the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to her husband, who has been serving an 11-year jail sentence on a subversion charge since (…) … Read More
North American Electric reliability Corporation (NERC ) Highlights Power Shortages For Several States This Summer
The report, published in May shows major concerns about Southern California and Texas stating:”Tight supply may lead to operational challenges” … Read More
Niger – Al-Jazeera crew released after being held for three days
Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that three Al-Jazeera journalists and their driver were released yesterday, two days after being arrested near the eastern city of Zinder for “travelling without accreditation”. “We were worried about these four Al-Jazeera employees and we are pleased that a favourable outcome was found,” Reporters Without Borders said. “It is shocking that an ordinary administrative problem could result in nearly three days of detention for these journalists, (…) … Read More
Jordan – Letter to King Abdullah about blocking of 300 news websites
Read in Arabic (بالعربية) Reporters Without Borders has written to King Abdallah of Jordan voicing deep concern about the 2 June administrative decision to block access to some 300 news websites from within Jordan. The letter urges the Jordanian authorities to end this blocking without delay. It also calls for the repeal of certain repressive provisions in the new press law, which was promulgated by royal decree in September 2012. Read an article about Jordan published by RWB on the (…) … Read More
Iran – Hope for 54 imprisoned journalists and netizens?
The presidential and municipal elections held in Iran on 14 June lacked objective media coverage. The more than 50 million Iranian voters were denied freely reported and independent information when making their choice. Nonetheless, although the media were muzzled, Iranians used the elections to express their views and vote against Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s policies. “This election showed yet again that the people’s vote for change in June 2009 was stolen by Iran’s two predators of press (…) … Read More
Watch Your Cash: New BAIL-IN Rules Will Force “Failed Bank Losses on Investors”
When the Cypriot government forced account holders to cover bank losses earlier this year most of the world assumed this was a one-off event, limited only to the people of Cyprus. … Read More
Huge Area Of sea Floor Movement Off Iberian Coast
The Indonesian quake of 2004 was caused by the subduction of the Indian Plate under the Burmese Plate and the Japanese quake of 2011 was caused by the subduction of the Pacific Plate under the Okhotsk Plate. … Read More
