Mikhail Afanasyev

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Alerts | Russia

Online journalist in Siberia faces defamation charges

New York, April 15, 2013--Prosecutors in Abakan, capital of the Republic of Khakassia in southern Siberia, should drop the criminal defamation charges against an online journalist, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. News accounts are reporting that after four months of investigation, Mikhail Afanasyev's case is moving to court, although no date has yet been set.

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April 15, 2013 1:05 PM ET |
Tags: Alexander Zlotnikov, Defamation, Harassed, Legal Action, Mikhail Afanasyev, Novy Fokus, Siberia, Vladimir Putin
Reports | Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Russia, Syria, Tunisia

The 10 Tools of Online Oppressors

The world’s worst online oppressors are using an array of tactics, some reflecting astonishing levels of sophistication, others reminiscent of old-school techniques. From China’s high-level malware attacks to Syria’s brute-force imprisonments, this may be only the dawn of online oppression. A CPJ special report by Danny O’Brien

A security line outside Google's Beijing office. (AP/Andy Wong)
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May 2, 2011 8:45 AM ET | | Also in العربية, Español, Français, Português, Русский
Tags: Attacked, Blogger, Charter 97, DDoS, Democratic Voice of Burma, Facebook, Google, Hossein Ronaghi Maleki, Imprisoned, Internet, Irrawaddy, Magomed Yevloyev, Malware, Metalabl Asia, Mikhail Afanasyev, Mizzima, Oleg Kashin, OpenNet Initiative, SecDev, Surveillance, Tal al-Mallohi, Yahoo, Yoani Sánchez

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