Irrepressible information

I just remembered something really cool that I had on my previous blog: a small box that shows information that “someone doesn’t want people to read”. It’s part of a brilliant campaign called “Irrepressible info” by Amnesty International. Many of you know that I’m very Amnesty-friendly (“supporter” might be too strong a word, since I’m not really doing much apart from being a member), and I think this campaign is just pure awesomeness.

The idea is very simple: you take texts that have been blocked in some country and allow people to show them in their own websites. It’s a simple but poweful way of showing your rejection for censorship and your support for freedom of expression. As for what you have to do to join the campaign, it couldn’t be simpler. You just have to copy some Javascript code from the instructions page and you’re set.

I have of course added the information box to the sidebar, under the “Irrepressible info” header.

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Animal activists in jail for... no reason?

21 May 2008. Dawn in Austria. A lot of policemen enter in 23 different premises with guns, battering down doors, harassing the people inside. They take 10 people under arrest. Dangerous terrorists? War criminals? Drug dealers?

Animal activists. There haven’t been any concrete charges yet, so they are basically prisoners of conscience_conscience. Some of them are in a hunger strike. It’s somewhat amazing that all that can happen in Austria in 2008.

Some more information:

• Petition to make them press charges or release them. Please sign it!

• Who’s being caged?, article in The Guardian

• Statement from Amnesty International in the Association against animal factories website.

Help stop this nonsense!

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