Reporters Without Borders has published the results of the competition for the blogs that best defend freedom of expression. The organization first chose a selection of 60 blogs and then asked Internet-users to vote for prize winners in different geographical categories.  Reporters Without Borders wanted to draw attention to the significant role that weblogs play in countries where traditional press is under tight control of the authorities.  To see the detailed results you can visit the organizations website, but here’s a quick summary:  In Asia, the Malaysian blog in English that discusses Malaysian politics and society, “Screenshot,” won.    From Africa and the Middle East, the blog in farsi that comments on Afghanistan’s political and social life called “Shared Pains” and the french blog from Morocco called “Al Jinane.” In Europre, the Italian blog “ICT lex.”  For the Americas, the American blog “Press Think” won. In Iran, the winning blog, “Mojtaba Saminejad”, just had its editor given a two year prison sentence. (see former posting) And in the international category, online readers voted for the German blog “Netzpolitik”.

Source: Reporters Without Borders