Oiwan Lam published an essay that included a photograph from flickr for the purpose of showing the absurdity of the censorship system in Hong Kong. She has just been informed that that photograph has been classified as Category II: Indecent by Hong... ...full story at ESWN
from ESWN on Sun, Jul 01 2007
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CCP Forces Hong Kong Media From Lhasa »
YouTube video [Anna Chan]:
Chinese journalists in Hong Kong call for western reporters to go back into Tibet.
The censorship following crackdown on Tibetan demonstrators has raised international eyebrows. The Hong Kong Journalists Association said in a statement that... |
| 19 Jul 07 |
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Friday Morning Tea: Free Oiwan Lam...Forbidden City for stat geeks...Slate and Bushisms...PRI and Young China...HtWW and Lu Xun in Japan...Vote for us » Granite Studio Hong Kong-based citizen journalist and Global Voices Online contributor Oiwan Lam is facing charges of indecency in Hong Kong for posting an artsy topless photograph found on Flickr. She is facing a lengthy--and expensive--court battle and needs your... |
| 13 Jul 07 |
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Hong Kong, obscenity laws, and Flickr's regional censorship » RConversation On May 11th, Oiwan Lam (pictured at right protesting media content controls) committed what she says was a deliberate act of civil disobedience. Writing on the citizen media website InMedia Hong Kong, Oiwan called on her readers to post links... |
| 05 Sep 07 |
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Oiwan Lam's indecency case: demanding more transparency » RConversation The good folks at the Hong Kong-based web company Outblaze have posted a hilarious cartoon (above - click through to their website for a larger version) accompanied by a cleverly written blog post about Oiwan Lam's indecency case. Remember the... |
| 19 Jul 07 |
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Free Oiwan Lam Badges » Lost Laowai Wait, should there be two free’s in that title? In a follow-up to the post from the other day, it seems the gears are in motion to get Oiwan the public support she so rightly deserves. Along with the Free Oiwan Lam Facebook group I made mention of... |
| 24 May 07 |
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The Ming Pao Category II Indecent Material » ESWN Full translation of the Ming Pao article that was rated as Category II Indecent Material by the Hong Kong Obscene Articles Tribunal. You can decide for yourself whether this should incur a maxium penalty of HKD 400,000 in fines and 12 months in jail. |
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