In Cuba, the “ladies in white” carry gladiolas as they demonstrate peacefully to demand freedom for political prisoners. As a consequence, they are often beaten to death. The same scenes of violence are found in Iran and China. Brutalized by Cuban police in February, Yoani Sanchez is slowly recovering and continues to blog despite being terrified, hoping the 14 millions monthly visitors to her site will protect her. In Iran, cyber-feminist Farnaz Seifi called on women to take to the streets and had to flee the country, aided by a journalist from Reporters Without Borders. In China, Zeng Jinyan is under house arrest and her husband sentenced to 30 years prison, because she passes on information on her blog. Her computer has been confiscated, her blog shut down and she has been cut off from contact with the outside world. Meanwhile, 30,000 to 40,000 cyber-policemen guard the electronic Great Wall of China...

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