Archive for December, 2003
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003
The Indonesian government is preventing journalists from reporting on its military incursion into Aceh, where grave human rights violations are taking place, says a report released by Human Rights Watch.
"Aceh Under Martial Law: Muzzling the Messengers - Attacks and Restrictions on the Media" documents press-freedom violations that have occurred since ...
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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003
Seems Diebold has backed down over the lawsuits they were filing regarding their leaked memos (which I discussed earlier here). While they claim to retain the option of filing suits against others later it appears the back may be broken on this fight - now we have to actually use ...
Posted in Computing Technology, Electronic Voting | Comments Off on Diebold backs down
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2003
Looks like Bush will visit Ireland next year as part of an EU-US summit towards the end of Ireland's presidency of the EU (January-June 2004). There is little detail as of yet, so it's still early to expect plans for protests.
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Monday, December 1st, 2003
From the Center for American Progress:In his London speech last month, President Bush said "The tradition of free speech exercised with enthusiasm is alive and well here in London. We have that at home too. They now have that right in Baghdad as well." But Editor & Publisher Magazine reports, ...
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