The String That Is Continually Pulled

There have been some arrests in the murder case that I profiled in one of my recent blog posts. The murder was of two human rights workers/journalists in Russia. I have just been continually dismayed by the progression of brazen censorship by countries and government that are attempting to enter the "1st world." Any reasonable society is going to identify the fact that a free media is the lynch pin to democracy and transparency. As long as news is factual and verifiable, there are few convincing reasons why it can be suppressed. This trend in Russia (as well as the caucuses and now in South America), is alarming and needs to be addressed by the international community and cooperative organizations such as the UN. As the world, through communication and technology, becomes smaller and smaller, these problems will soon become our problems. I vote that we nip them in the bud.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8344907.stm