Tweets of the Week: Protests in Lebanon, Net Neutrality, and Sex Workers’ Rights

June 25, 2010 | by

The Open Society community's tweets this week cover protests in Lebanon, torture for petty crimes, sex workers' rights, and more.

Hundreds protest for equal #citizenship rights in Lebanon http://korta.nu/0609
@statelessness
sebastian kohn

Millions of people accused of petty crimes are routinely #tortured in many countries http://bit.ly/a5A1GN
@OpenSociety
Open Society

Tim Karr on Net Neutrality backroom dealing between FCC and telecom lobbyists http://huff.to/bLNHQd.
@jedmiller
Jed Miller

Pakistan may ban Google, Yahoo, Bing etc, fate of websites will be decided following a June 28 hearing http://bit.ly/aqKBOT RT @etribune
@AyeshaHasan
Ayesha Hasan

"the 'whore stigma' is a way to control women" - Sex Workers' Rights Are Rights For All Women (Jezebel): http://bit.ly/c0wxQN
@PauloNYC
Paul Silva

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