Welcome to Manila conference on free expression in Asian cyberspace!
THE "Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace" conference officially opens today at the ACCEED Electronic Library, Asian Institute of Management Conference Center in Makati City, Philippines.
The three-day conference brings together independent online providers of news and commentary from Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia in Manila to share experiences and discuss needs, threats, trends, and issues of ethics and the emerging roles and responsibilities of bloggers, podcasters and the alternative online media.
To the delegates, welcome!
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This is the blog of the “Free Expression in Asian Cyberspace: A Conference of Asian Bloggers, Podcasters and Online Media,” a three-day meeting of Asian bloggers, podcasters, and independent online news providers sponsored by the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA), in cooperaton with the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), held at the Asian Institute of Management Conference Center (ACCEED) in Makati, Philippines from April 19-21, 2006.
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Recent
- Tesco’s billion-baht defamation suits threaten free speech in Thailand
- Press freedom, free expression decline in Southeast Asia in 2007
- Philippines among worst-ranked countries in press freedom index
- Litmus test for Thailand’s ruling military council: Leave the press alone
- Media, free expression under threat in wake of coup — SEAPA
- Merdeka Day thoughts on media freedom
- On Merdeka eve, free speech online gets a ‘blackeye’
- SEAPA joins the blogosphere
- Charges against James Gomez dropped; passport returned
- James Gomez harassed by Singapore authorities
- Blogspot domain being blocked again in Pakistan
- RSF 2006 report: Asia still plagued by the old demons of authoritarianism
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Links
- Southeast Asian Press Alliance
- Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
- Malaysiakini
- Mizzima
- Article 19
- Reporters Without Borders
- Jeff Ooi | Screenshots
- Nepali Times
- Pakistan Press Foundation
- United We Blog!
- Don’t Block the Blog
- Global Voices Online
- Committee to Protect Journalists
- Citizen Lab
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- Ethan Zuckerman | My Heart’s in Accra
- Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility
- Southeast Asian Center for E-Media
- Rebecca MacKinnon | RConversation
- James Gomez | JGNews
- Open Net Initiative
- Dr. Awab Alvi | Teeth Maestro
- Manuel Quezon III
- Journalism and Media Studies Center, University of Hong Kong
- Max Limpag | Leon Kilat: The Cybercafe Experiments
- Ellen Tordesillas
- Mindanews
- Carol Arguillas | Mindanao Alerts
- CMFR’s Freedom Watch
- Sun Star Blog Chronicles
- Erwin Oliva | cyberbaguioboy
- John Nery | Newsstand
- Dean Jorge Bocobo | Philippine Commentary
- Inq7
- Philippine Network Foundation
- Foundation for Media Alternatives
- Newsbreak
- Open Society Institute
- Witness
- Prachatai Daily
- Kom Chad Luek
- Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore)
- Vernon Totanes | Filipino Librarian
- Andrew Lih
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Archives
- March 2008 (1)
- December 2007 (1)
- October 2006 (1)
- September 2006 (3)
- August 2006 (1)
- July 2006 (1)
- May 2006 (6)
- April 2006 (21)
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