http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/reporters-without-borders---blog-winners An entire Lightstalkers thread via RSS/XML. en-us Reporters Without Borders has selected around 60 blogs defending freedom of expression. Blogs have become significant sources of news for millions of Internet-users. In repressive countries, they represent an alternative news source to state-controlled media. In regimes that show greater respect for freedom of expression, they can chronicle comments, articles and opinions that are not necessarily broadcast by the major media. Reporters Without Borders requested Internet-users to vote for the prize-winners - one in each geographical category. After two months of voting, here are the results: AMERICAS Press think <javascript:ol('http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink');>http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink Country: United States Language: English A blog run by an American journalist dealing with the media and free expression in the age of the Internet ASIA Screenshot www.jeffooi.com Country: Malaysia Language: English An extremely popular blog that takes an independent approach to Malaysian politics and society. Its editor, Jeff Ooi, was threatened with imprisonment, at the beginning of October 2004, because he allowed on his blog a comment *insulting Islam0. AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST Joint winners Shared Pains <javascript:ol('http://kabul2.blogsky.com');>http://kabul2.blogsky.com Country: Afghanistan Language: Farsi A blog commenting on Afghanistan*s political and social life with a forthrightness rarely found in this country And Al Jinane <javascript:ol('http://www.emarrakech.info/prana');>http://www.emarrakech.info/prana Country: Morocco Language: French A blog run by a Moroccan trying to *understand the complexity of the world0. EUROPE ICT lex http:/www.ictlex.net  Country: Italy Language: Italian A blog on Internet law and new technologies IRAN Mojtaba Saminejad <javascript:ol('http://8mdr8.blogspot.com');>http://8mdr8.blogspot.com Country: Iran Language: Farsi A weblog that earned its editor, Mojtaba Saminejad, a two year prison sentence in June 2005 (See: <javascript:ol('http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12563');>http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12563). INTERNATIONAL Netzpolitik <javascript:ol('http://www.netzpolitik.org');>http://www.netzpolitik.org Country: Germany Language: German A blog dealing with open source technologies, Internet-users* rights and free expression in cyberspace. Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:24:06 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/posts/reporters-without-borders---blog-winners