Western Internet companies, including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and Cisco Systems, have been aiding authorities in censoring individuals who distribute sensitive information or criticise the government. The International Freedom of Expression eXchange (IFEX) reports that Yahoo has helped prosecute three journalists in China by providing information to the state from their e-mail accounts.

Philippine media, touted by many as among one of the freest in Asia, is under grave threat of being silenced once again.

All roads led to political awareness in Argentina where activists are using street art to recount events during the 1976-1983 military dictatorship.

What do community theatre, trains, mobile games and soccer have in common?

Filipino social critic and activist Robert Verzola described the internet as such: Whether it was an information highway or plaza, the image was that of a public facility, maintained by public funds and open to all.

As member countries of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are frantically trying to conclude negotiations that would put in effect a trade regime on tradable goods as well as the mechanisms to facilitate free trade, a feminist economist delves deeper into the constraints various provisions of the WTO would place on citizenship and cultural diversity.