Congresswoman Pelosi Leads Bipartisan Delegation to Meet with His Holiness the Dalai Lama; Friday, March 21, 2008

Tibet: Pelosi critica a China

(Redacción BBC Mundo)

Pelosi, quien es una dura crítica de Pekín, encabeza una delegación del Congreso EE.UU. La presidenta de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Nancy Pelosi, instó a la comunidad internacional a denunciar lo que calificó como la "opresión" china en el Tibet.

My friend Angelo Embuldeniya just told me that Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese dissident, is on Facebook. Is it possibly a fraud? Sure. (I friended her anyway.) I guess my question is, assuming this is legitimate, how will she use Facebook? To protect herself by raising awareness of her situation? To share information about her cause? To organize actions? To recruit members to an organization? These are all uses of Facebook. Will she take advantage of them?

Abdel-Monem Mahmoud is a prolific Egyptian blogger. Though an outspoken member of the Muslim Brotherhood, his message of greater political freedoms for all Egyptians has made him an admired figure across the political spectrum. He has been imprisoned by the Mubarak regime several times and was once tortured while in police custody. His most recent arrested in mid-April of this year resulted in a global Free Monem campaign.

After approximately six weeks in jail, Monem was released from prision and got right back to blogging. His time in jail did not temper his strong criticism of the Egyptian government

I'll be starting a Spanish-language version of the Free Monem campaign in the next few days, but until then, watch this video (in English) to learm about his case.