Cyber-demonstration : more than 21,000 join in protest on Reporters Without Borders website against online censorship

Reporters Without Borders thanks the 21,843 Internet users who took part in a 24-hour online protest against cyber-censorship that it organised on its website on 12 and 13 March. “This cyber-demonstration has shown the public's growing interest in online free expression,” the press freedom organisation said. “We urge Internet users to continue protesting against the different forms of online censorship imposed by 15 governments in particular. Our protest platform is still active and people can still come and demonstrate.” The more than 21,000 people who participated in the 24-hour protest brandished placards with anti-censorship slogan in virtual versions of nine countries - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, North Korea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Vietnam. More than 100,000 people connected to the Reporters Without Borders website during this period. Reporters Without Borders added: “Sixty-two cyber-dissidents are still imprisoned because of what they posted online. This demonstration has shown that they have not been forgotten. Here is the list of the "Internet ennemies" Download our Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents UNESCO withdraws patronage for Online Free Expression Day