RFA Unplugged

Archive for October, 2009

US Takes On Vietnam Over Internet Censorship

The United States Congress is considering a resolution calling on Vietnam to ease up restrictions on internet uses and free bloggers and cyber activists jailed for their activities. Supporting the resolution, California Rep Loretta Sanchez told the House that it was time for Vietnam to recognize the rights of local internet users. She sees the [...]

China puts up Berlin (fire) Wall

Twenty years after the Berlin wall fell, signaling the end of communism in East Germany, China has erected an electronic wall to stop its citizens from joining the festivities electronically. The organizers of the Berlin Wall Twitter site intended for it to be used by people wishing to post their memories of the night the [...]

Cambodia Crackdown?

More news now on Cambodia’s all-important, beleaguered garment industry. Just weeks after the Labor Ministry reported more than 20,000 jobs lost over the last year as a result of the global economic slump, the authorities are vowing to crack down on workplace violations after a fourth incident of mass poisoning of workers in just over [...]

Hard Times in Tibet

Getting news out of Tibet remains extraordinarily difficult since the March 2008 uprising that rattled Chinese authorities on the eve of last year’s Beijing Olympics. But now a number of sources are reporting that at least three people have been executed for their roles in the unrest. They would be the first people executed in [...]