The Pirate Party had been refused in registration

Department of Justice refused to register the Russian Pirate Party as it was reported on the party’s site. The minister found several violations in presented by the activists documents, but the special attention was paid for the name of the organization.

In the minister of justice’ notification is said that the party can’t be called “Pirate”, because piracy in Russia is a criminal offence. Also the document include detailed quotation of the criminal code and the United Nations convention of the maritime law in which the notion of the word “piracy” means maritime banditry. “The piracy is closely connected with a confrontation”, - as it was stated in the notification.

Besides, it was mentioned in the document that “secret vote promotion of the candidate of the presidential elections of the Russian Federation do not correspondent to the name of the party”. Also the minister pointed out a number of violations in presented documents. Activists reasonable rejected all the complaints of the department.

Pavel Rassudov, The president of the party said that he will dispute the Ministy of Ajustmen’ denial. “We think that the Prosecutor General's Office must to carry out a conformance testing of the correspondence of names of “ Yedinaya Rossiya”(The United Russia) because there is no mentioning of unity and also the “Yabloko” party ( Apple Party) in the aims of which there is nothing about fruits etc., he said.

“Aims of the Pirate Party are understandable for a long time and are well- known for the society. Even the court of Italy had been decided this question. Even a thought about the drive for freedom and civil law is compared with the piracy is an absurd or a wrong interpretation”, - commented the Minister Rick Falkvinge , the founder of the piracy movement and the first Piracy Party of Sweden. I think your bureaucrats have a broccoli in their socks”.

In November about 50 people took part in a rally against Internet censorship under the Pirate Party near the memorial of the Carl Marks on the Revolution square. It was disgusting. Despite the rally was coordinate with the Russian Communist Workers' Party the policy didn’t allow unrolling the flags”, said Rassudov. Earlier Moscow authorities refused Pirate Party in caring out a picket for Lurkmore and for freedom. Rassudov also remind that in Autumn when the law of the Internet censorship was admitting Pirates had already organize a rally and warn about the not guilty sites will be blocked. Also in March 2011 The Pirate Party were trying to be registered but the Ministry of Adjustment refused to give a certificate of registry because of the name.

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The head of the Kostanaysk region threaten to “smash a mug” of a ng.kz user for an offensive comment

On the hardware meeting Nuraly Saduakasov, the head of the Kostanaysk region sharply criticized comments of several users on the weekly newspaper “Nasha gazeta” forum. He announces that the newspaper should excuse for admitting of such situation. Otherwise it has a risk to not be allowed to attend such meetings of the heads of regions, reports “Nasha gazeta”.

It was discussed on the meeting completed on January, 5 ski race among cities and regions. The reason for such anger was the user’s named “Seryi wolk” comment, who openly expressed his opinion about, to put it mildly “nonsport” appearance of the regional heads and wholly “inexpediency” of such a competition.
To be honest the expressions were not tactical and have an offensive character and a few times later had been deleted. Several journalists and meeting members participated in this discussion. The comments were full of emotions. This is the prehistory that became the reason of the head’s anger and his sharp and rude statement, according to the “Nasha gazeta”.

Of course, it is understandable that such comments are very offensive for a person who carried out this competition among officials. The threat to “smash a user’s mug” and an abusive hint for the newspaper office pays for such comments and expressions. But why the official does not take a legal action for a protection of his and his colleagues’ honor and dignity and instead resort.

At the same time the representatives of several organizations in spite of any riles and norms ask the reduction of the edition to give the IP address of the “guilty” user. The newspaper and content and its users and readers are different things. This is their own decision to leave bad or good comments.

“Internet helps people to shorten the destination between them and the power and to express their opinion with the minimum level of censorship. The next time we will try to notice that officials were called by improper words beforehand and will eliminate these epithets. But we will never prevent civil society from expressing their views also concerning the officials’ activities even if it will complicate our cooperation in future. The press that works not under the government will never be a “humble servant”. And that is not because we are some kind of special ones. Moreover it will never be a partner of the power due to different aims. But the Mass Media and the power can successfully cooperate and respect each aims. We are for such collaboration”, - writes Olga Kolokolova, the chief editor of the “Nasha Gazeta”.



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Censorship in the Internet. “For” and “ Against”

A new bill that limits the access to a harmful Internet resources caused a sharp public discussions. The main question is “How to balance between  the Freedom of the Internet and the security from a dangerous information?” 

Nobody is dispute with the fact that the Freedom of the Internet is a necessary thing. And certainly it is right to fight with a child pornography and drug addiction. According to Dmitri Medvedev words this points are compatible: “ The first. The common principle: the Net should be free. The second: It should follow a number of rules. The third. Basic human rights and fundamental freedoms including the information right from the one hand and the right for security from a harmful content must be obied. 

The new law is supported by the fighters with the  paedophilia. According to Denis Davidov, the chief executive of  The League of Secure Internet, this can help to fight with the crimes towards child: “We support this bill, because the situation with child pornography and paedophilia is very critical. If this bill is not accepted, we will always hear something like “ The police should firstly find the offenders and only after it we have a right to block this site. This is not right. Firstly the access to this site should be blocked for citizens  and then police can search for offender with no worry”. “From the other hand this law can eliminate the Internet freedom” - thinks Ivan Zasurskyi, the director of the Online Publishers Association. “This law wholly changes the Russian Internet. We lived in a free country with a free Internet. We didn’t have any mechanism that allows to block sites without in a moment. But now it’ll appear”.

Many experts pay attention on a technical imperfection of the bill.  Ochir Mandjiev, the Yandex spokesman think that new limitations can harm  right-minded citizens right-minded citizens. If such a content were found on the page of any user, the access to a whole server will be blocked. Blocking one of the segment can lead to blocking of the the whole good resource. Users are afraid, because just if you left a reference to a “ Suicides club” or any site with a ways of how to make a drug the resource will be deleted.   



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Google stopped to notify Chinese users about censorship

According to Great Fire information, Google Company turns off its search notice of state censorship in Chinese segment. Nowadays Internet- Giant and local authorities desist from any official comments.



Frictions between Google and Chinese authorities began in 2009. Since that time users’ retrieval requests are carefully filtered by the “Great Chinese Firewall”. It is aimed at moral and cultural health of a nation.

Nevertheless, later some vulnerability that is able to easily avoid limitations had been discovered. In connection with this Google had to inform users by the message about censorship.

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On the dangers of information: the Internet has come the age of censorship

In 2012 a number of Internet users reached 2 billion 400 million people,that is more than 34% of the population. It’s popularity has reached such proportions that the web and web-pages, even had its own Catholic patron (though still unofficially) Isidore of Seville. Television, that has always been an effective tool of propaganda, gradually losing its viewers, confusing the Web. It is logical that the Internet can not attract the attention of officials responsible for the supply of the "right" information.
Leaders in the of Internet censorship spreading are China and a number of Islamic countries. Arab countries like Pakistan and Iran, as a rule block sites for religious reasons.

The PRC government, in turn, openly "protects" citizens from unwanted information. In China, the system of "Golden Shield" ("China's great firewall"), according to which all sites are filtered by keywords, "the State Security" also in the blacklist of web-pages. With significant restrictions in China started its work the major search engines Google and Yahoo, and all the Chinese sites must be registered with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Victim of such an information policy was "Wikipedia", which was banned in China under the pretext of "combating propaganda of violence in the media".

In addition, the Chinese segment of the Internet operates "Umaodan" - grouping, consisting of about 300 thousand bloggers and forum users who express a positive view of the government of China, the Chinese Communist Party and ongoing public policy. Informal name for the virtual party comes from the word "Mao" - the monetary measures is half yuan (about 2.5 rubles.).So much for the bloggers get one positive comment on the activities of the state.

However, the government of China is not limited to virtual methods. In 2011 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has published a report that described the increasing pressure on Chinese journalists above the "Arab Spring." The protests in countries where there were coups, began with the organization of demonstrations in social networks, so the events of the "Arab Spring" is often called "the revolution through Facebook". The Chinese authorities have reacted very badly on the calls for a "Chinese Jasmine Revolution", which appeared in the Internet. Many journalists, bloggers, human rights, culture and civil society activists have been illegally detained and tortured.

Eg Chinese brothers decided to follow the regime of Vladimir Putin on 1 September 2012 force of law "On the protection of children from harmful to their health and development information". The document signed by the former President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Medvedev in July 2011 aims to protect children from the devastating, traumatic information that influence on their psyche, an overabundance of cruelty and violence in popular media sources. The document also includes the protection of the child from information that could develop his vicious propensities and form a "distorted view of the world and the wrong attitudes."

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Tajikistan wants to introduce Internet censorship

The Government of Tajikistan plans to create a single point of monitoring IP-networks, which will be required to connect all of the network provider, reported "Interfax".

According to them, there is already a draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers, involving the creation of Tajiktelecom center.

"The purpose of this center is to ensure compliance with the requirements of laws, information security, prevention of violations of the rights of individuals and legal entities, preventing cases of low-quality services", - quoted the draft resolution of one of the sources.

In particular, it is expected that the establishment of this center will facilitate the execution of the laws of the Republic "On Information", "Protection of Information", "On Copyright and Related Rights," "On inventions", the concept of information security, information security programs and other regulations in Tajikistan. How the center is going to control the execution of the act, the sources could not explain.

"While there are consultations, we interviewed industry experts, exploring the need for such a body, but it goes to the fact that it will still be created", - said one of the sources.

In 2006 and 2009, the Ministry of Communications of Tajikistan proposes creating a single switching center through which you will have to connect all the Tajik ISPs. However, after discussion, the government abandoned the idea.

The head of the Association of Tajikistan Internet Providers Asomuddin Atoev told reporters that this body would infringe several legal aspects. "Creation of the conflict with the legislation of the country, in particular, the law" On the partnership between the state and the private sector ", a competition law and other legislations of Tajikistan," - said A.Atoev. According to him, the Centre "will lead to a weakening of information and economic security and the denial of rights of legal entities and individuals".

Tajik authorities often use the blocking of Internet resources for what often follows concerns expressed by Western diplomats and the OSCE. In March of this year for a few days was blocked social network Facebook. Currently in Tajikistan remain blocked sites of a Russian news agencies, news channel "Russia 24" (www.vesti.ru), news agency "Fergana" (fergananews.com), as well as a number of websites that specialize in placing critical materials existing authorities of Tajikistan.

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Tightened Internet censorship. In the U.S.

Recently, the U.S. government has more control over the content of Internet communications. It is stated in the report about the "situation with human rights in the U.S." whichhab been issued by the Russian Foreign Ministryon on October 23.

The ministry said that censorship in the U.S. Internet segment is how to use the law hrough the pressure on companies "that are responsible for the web content."

As an illustration of the first method is the Law "On Protection of Children in the Internet" (Children Internet Protection Act, 2000), who in exchange for the grant of access to the Internet requires schools and libraries to create filters to block certain pages. In addition, the claim in the Foreign Ministry, the U.S. government under the threat of prosecution "pushes" the removal of the web pages of "undesirable" information. "

According to Lenta.ru, the report mentions the bill under consideration in Congress, "the exchange and protection of intelligence information about cyberthreats" ("Cyber ​​Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act"), which, according to the authors, provide the government with virtually unlimited opportunities to monitor Internet activity private persons.

Americans expressing views on the Internet that do not coincide with the traditional ideology, risk being ostracized or even losing their jobs, are summarized in the Foreign Ministry. In addition, the Ministry stated that the U.S. has used the Internet to "propaganda war".
The report was read out by the State Duma on October 22 in the course of hearings on "issues of human rights by the United States of America." It was noted that the proceedings are confined to the presidential elections to be held in the U.S. on November 6.

Meanwhile, on November 1 in Russia comes into the Federal Law № 139, in which the country will establish a register of sites with prohibited content. A number of representatives of major Internet companies have stated that the law was drafted without consulting the industry and that it may be a prerequisite for the introduction of censorship in RuNet. Meanwhile, according to a recent poll, censorship on the web supported by almost two-thirds of Russians.

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In Tunis, the journalists strike against censorship by the authorities continues

There was a strike of journalists against censorship on Wednesday in Tunis. According to Reuters, the government on Thursday said that it is going to be created a video channel in the Internet, because of the protest against the power isolate the local media".

The strike involved reporters from television, radio, press and the electronic media - both private and public. On Wednesday and Thursday did not go number of newspapers, and radio and television news programs have reduced only to headers.
The organizer of the strike was the National Union of Tunisian Journalists, has 1200 members. "The first general strike in the Tunisian media is designed to protect the freedom of speech," - said in a statement Union.

Earlier this week, the human rights organization Human Rights Watch has accused the current government for coming back to the methods of the previous government, in particular the violence against journalists and artists.
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