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Twitter users facing 11-year jail terms for criticising banking system

Mon 12 Jul 2010 04:30 pm filed by the Editor - International, Venezuela

Reporters Without Borders is calling for the immediate release of two Venezuelan users of the social-networking service Twitter, a 41-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman, who were arrested on 8 July for criticising the Venezuelan banking system. They are facing the possibility of nine to 11 years in prison under a 2001 banking law on charges of "disseminating false rumours"�to "destabilise the banking system". Full story

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Times is a changing

Fri 2 Jul 2010 09:12 pm filed by the Editor - International

As from this week, the UK-based Times Newspapers has started charging for access to its websites. No news can be accessed on any of the Murdoch-owned news websites unless a fee is paid for access.

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