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Russian Blogger Jailed For 5 Years Over 'Extremist' Tweet
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a blogger to five years in prison for a tweet that called for attacks on the children of law enforcement officials, news agencies reported.
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Russia Seeks Prison Sentence For Church Pokemon Hunter
Russian prosecutors on Friday called for a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for a blogger who hunted Pokemons in church, in a case that has drawn ire from rights activists.
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Singapore Court Sends Teen Blogger Back To Jail For Hurting 'Religious Feelings'
A Singapore court sentenced 17-year-old blogger Amos Yee to six weeks in jail today for "wounding religious feelings", the second jail term for the teenager who was convicted on similar charges last year.
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Vietnam Jails Prominent Blogger For Anti-State Posts
A court in Hanoi sentenced a prominent Vietnamese blogger to five years in prison after finding him guilty of posting anti-state writings on his two blogs.
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Russian Blogger Jailed For Five Years For Pro-Ukraine Posts
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a blogger to five years in a Siberian penal colony for "inciting hatred and extremism" by posting videos online criticising pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, in a verdict condemned by rights activists.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Could Be Pardoned: Swiss Official
A procedure for obtaining a pardon from Saudi Arabia's king is under way for jailed blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence created worldwide outrage, a senior Swiss official said Saturday.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi, a Fighter for Free Speech
Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, named winner of the Sakharov prize today, is known as a fighter for free speech sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.
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Human Rights Watch Urges Kuwait Ruler to Free Jailed Blogger
Human Rights Watch urged the ruler of Kuwait on Thursday to waive a six-year jail sentence against a blogger for criticizing neighboring Saudi Arabia on Twitter.
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Jailed Saudi Blogger Recalls Whipping in Prison Letter
Jailed Saudi blogger Raef Badawi in his first letter from prison has written of how he "miraculously survived 50 lashes", part of his sentence for "insulting Islam", a German news weekly said Friday.
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Kuwait Blogger Critical of Saudi Gets Increased Jail Term
The appeal court raised the jail sentence to six years but did not give a reason for its decision.
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Tunisian Military Court Jails Blogger for Insulting Army
A Tunisian military court has sentenced a blogger to one year in prison on charges he insulted the army, his lawyers told Reuters, in a case rights activists fear may undermine freedoms won after the 2011 revolution.
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Saudi Arabia Postpones Blogger Lashing on Medical Grounds, Says His Wife
Saudi Arabia postponed until next week today's flogging of a blogger jailed for insulting Islam, citing medical reasons, a week after he received the first 50 of 1,000-lash sentence, his wife said.
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Iran Policeman Faces Jail, Lashes for Killing Blogger
An Iranian policeman has been sentenced to three years in jail, 74 lashes and two years' internal exile for the unpremeditated killing of a blogger in 2012, media reported on Saturday.
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China jails blogger in online 'rumour' crackdown
A Chinese court jailed a blogger for three years on Thursday, state media reported, the first person to be sentenced in a government-led crackdown on so-called Internet rumours.
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Egyptian blogger convicted of insulting president
A high-profile Egyptian blogger and activist was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday for insulting President Mohamed Morsi, in what campaigners said was the first major conviction in a legal crackdown on critics.
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Russian Blogger Jailed For 5 Years Over 'Extremist' Tweet
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a blogger to five years in prison for a tweet that called for attacks on the children of law enforcement officials, news agencies reported.
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Russia Seeks Prison Sentence For Church Pokemon Hunter
Russian prosecutors on Friday called for a three-and-a-half year jail sentence for a blogger who hunted Pokemons in church, in a case that has drawn ire from rights activists.
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Singapore Court Sends Teen Blogger Back To Jail For Hurting 'Religious Feelings'
A Singapore court sentenced 17-year-old blogger Amos Yee to six weeks in jail today for "wounding religious feelings", the second jail term for the teenager who was convicted on similar charges last year.
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Vietnam Jails Prominent Blogger For Anti-State Posts
A court in Hanoi sentenced a prominent Vietnamese blogger to five years in prison after finding him guilty of posting anti-state writings on his two blogs.
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Russian Blogger Jailed For Five Years For Pro-Ukraine Posts
A Russian court on Wednesday sentenced a blogger to five years in a Siberian penal colony for "inciting hatred and extremism" by posting videos online criticising pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, in a verdict condemned by rights activists.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi Could Be Pardoned: Swiss Official
A procedure for obtaining a pardon from Saudi Arabia's king is under way for jailed blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence created worldwide outrage, a senior Swiss official said Saturday.
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Saudi Blogger Raif Badawi, a Fighter for Free Speech
Jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, named winner of the Sakharov prize today, is known as a fighter for free speech sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting Islam.
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Human Rights Watch Urges Kuwait Ruler to Free Jailed Blogger
Human Rights Watch urged the ruler of Kuwait on Thursday to waive a six-year jail sentence against a blogger for criticizing neighboring Saudi Arabia on Twitter.
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Jailed Saudi Blogger Recalls Whipping in Prison Letter
Jailed Saudi blogger Raef Badawi in his first letter from prison has written of how he "miraculously survived 50 lashes", part of his sentence for "insulting Islam", a German news weekly said Friday.
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Kuwait Blogger Critical of Saudi Gets Increased Jail Term
The appeal court raised the jail sentence to six years but did not give a reason for its decision.
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Tunisian Military Court Jails Blogger for Insulting Army
A Tunisian military court has sentenced a blogger to one year in prison on charges he insulted the army, his lawyers told Reuters, in a case rights activists fear may undermine freedoms won after the 2011 revolution.
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Saudi Arabia Postpones Blogger Lashing on Medical Grounds, Says His Wife
Saudi Arabia postponed until next week today's flogging of a blogger jailed for insulting Islam, citing medical reasons, a week after he received the first 50 of 1,000-lash sentence, his wife said.
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Iran Policeman Faces Jail, Lashes for Killing Blogger
An Iranian policeman has been sentenced to three years in jail, 74 lashes and two years' internal exile for the unpremeditated killing of a blogger in 2012, media reported on Saturday.
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China jails blogger in online 'rumour' crackdown
A Chinese court jailed a blogger for three years on Thursday, state media reported, the first person to be sentenced in a government-led crackdown on so-called Internet rumours.
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Egyptian blogger convicted of insulting president
A high-profile Egyptian blogger and activist was sentenced to six months in jail on Monday for insulting President Mohamed Morsi, in what campaigners said was the first major conviction in a legal crackdown on critics.
