Friday, October 27, 2006

Freedom of expression on-line

While I'm not expecting this blog to turn into something very serious or political, I just want to draw the attention of everyone reading this blog (if anybody is reading it of course!) to a site called http://irrepressible.info/ which deals with freedom of expression on-line. It's a bit weird to think that there's people who are getting jailed for what they write in blogs like these (well not like mine because mine is rather pathetic at the moment - I think their blogs are mostly much better and more interesting!), but it is happening and I think it's important to support Amnesty International's campaign for freedom of expression on-line. Perhaps as somebody coming from and living in Poland, where the current government has started restricting freedom of speech (maybe not so much on-line yet, but certainly there have been some strange goings on in the media and then there's the case of Hubert Hoffman - a homeless man who called the president names and is now being pursued for it by the police!), it is all the more important for me that freedom of expression is defended. So for anyone who agrees, show your support by visiting that site and sign the petition! :)

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