Bangladesh, a hell for freethinkers. “Ananta Bijoy Das Becomes Third Free-Thinking Blogger Killed This Year… Cyberculture agenda…

Ananta Bijoy Das Becomes Third Free-Thinking Blogger Killed This Year in Bangladesh Global Voices Online by Rezwan Ananta Bijoy Das. Image courtesy his Facebook page It’s a sad day for online activists in Bangladesh. On Tuesday morning, science writer and blogger Ananta Bijoy Das was murdered by a group three or four masked people wielding machetes in Sylhet, Bangladesh’s … Read more

Turkish justice: “Court releases ‘man with machete’ who attacked Gezi protesters

Court releases ‘man with machete’ who attacked Gezi protesters An Istanbul court today released S.Ç., dubbed the ?machete man? after video surfaced showing him allegedly attacking protester ***************** Newspaper men detained for ?noise pollution? while selling papers in Istanbul Two men selling newspapers Aydınlık and Birgün have been detained by security officials for creating noise … Read more

Sea of lies… CNN denies apology over Turkey coverage while Suspect in Gezi protester?s death released…

CNN denies apology over Turkey coverage CNN International took it to Twitter to respond to debates around a caption error regarding a ruling party rally in Turkey. Suspect in Gezi protester?s death released An Eskişehir court has released S.K., who was allegedly involved in the beating death of 19-year-old Gezi protester Ali İsmail Korkmaz, while … Read more

Lambda İstanbul ve Açık Demokrasi Projesi SosyalKafa’nın konuğuydu…

25 Haziran 2013. LGBT Dayanışma Derneği Lambda İstanbul‘dan Elif Avcı Onur Yürüyüşü’nden ve Gezi Direnişinde aldıkları rolden bahsediyor. (@lambda_istanbul). Sami Can Tandoğdu ile hem Açık Demokrasi projesini konuştuk hem de benzer araçları tartıştık. Seçil Altınışık da konuk sunucu olarak katıldı.