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FreedomHouseDC

  1. Despite draconian censorship,Saudi Arabia has the highest per-capita use of YouTube in the world bit.ly/KITKEM via @usnews
  2. MUST READ: Timely blog by Freedom in the World analyst Jaclyn Burger on the Charles Taylor verdict: bit.ly/KseAcP #SierraLeone
  3. Charles Taylor verdict provides closure in Sierra Leone & hope for the future as the country prepares for elections bit.ly/KseAcP
  4. Zainab al-Khawaja freed from prison after paying fine - bit.ly/KWqas5 - via @UPI @BahrainRights #Bahrain
  5. #Vietnam rejects appeal for two human rights activists on-msn.com/KGcWTk
  6. @RNWAfrica @BBCAfricaHYS : New on the Freedom House blog: "Charles Taylor: The Fall Guy and Substitute Justice" bit.ly/KseAcP
  7. UN honor for Robert Mugabe sparks outrage on Capitol Hill - The Hill's Global Affairs thehill.com/blogs/global-a…
  8. New on the Freedom House blog: "Charles Taylor: The Fall Guy and Substitute Justice" bit.ly/KseAcP #CharlesTaylor #Liberia @allafrica
  9. @HuffPostSports Goal! Dictators Score in International Sports bit.ly/MVSOQD
  10. Verdict sentencing Thai webmaster #Jiew is yet another indicator of shrinking space for free expression in #Thailand bit.ly/KZlDH2
  11. Freedom House Condemns Prison Sentence for Thai Webmaster #Jiew Premchaiporn - bit.ly/KZlDH2 #netfreedom #Thailand
  12. Freedom House calls for stronger international action on #Syria following the massacre of 116 people in Houla bit.ly/L2k77z