A Moldovan journalist was placed under house arrest and barred from access to the internet and a phone after she was accused of organising mass disturbances in the capital Chisanau. The protests dubbed the “Twitter Revolution” because of how they were organised online flared up after claims emerged that the elections which returned the Communist Party to power were rigged. A BBC article on the incident can be found here.
Natalie Morar, along with some friends decided to organise peaceful demonstrations against the elections in a cafe in Moldova “It just happened through Twitter, the blogosphere, the internet, SMS, websites and all this stuff. We just met, we brainstormed for 15 minutes, and decided to make a flash mob [internet-organised spontaneous public gathering.] Within a few hours up to 15,000 people had come out on the streets to join the protests. She now faces up to 15 years in prison.
[...] 5, 2009 A good blog by colleague Colin Whelan during which he points out that a Moldovan online news journalist is under house arrest. It has [...]