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That’s how many bloggers are now on the case of Alisher Usmanov a week after the initial blog takedown. The updated list is here. Keep the links coming.

(Update: A lot of bloggers on the list are now following up on their original posts – there’s a lot of great stuff put there if you do a little browsing. I’ve noticed one or two people apologising about ‘coming late to the party’. Please, don’t. This isn’t a race, this about sharing views and showing solidarity. If you haven’t blogged this yet and would like to, or have but haven’t let us know, please do.)

Tim Ireland is now well and truly back in the saddle over at Bloggerheads: The Alisher Usmanov Affair. He now has a timeline of events describing everything that has a happened so far. Plenty of juicy detail in there with many a twist and turn.

Also worth a look is EM Daily’s Cyberactivism 101, with 10 tips for effective web activism drawn from lessons learned in the last week.

UPDATE: Tim Ireland again:

Watch for… a cross-spectrum evolution of this campaign once the fact-finding process nears completion; if you’re hesitant because you think you’ll be marching under my banner or Craig Murray’s, think again.

Everyone should have the right to take part in open and honest debate online; this is going to be your best chance to fight for that right, secure it in law or precedent, and finally establish the importance of blogs in general.

Update @ 4.45pm: It’s 301 now.


Posted on September 27th, 2007 at 9:33 am

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  1. Courtenay (1 comments.) on 27.09.2007 at 11:44 Permalink | Reply

    I just want to add my name (and support) to the growing list of bloggers talking about this issue. I keep a Welsh language blog (though I’m from the United States); the post is on 26 September (”Free Speech? Beth ydy hwnna?”).

  2. Usmanov Affair Updated « Samantha, Gordon, & Me on 27.09.2007 at 13:25

    [...] Affair Updated Justin at Chicken Yoghurt is still collating the blogs joining in in this protest (which are amazing not only in their number but also in their breadth of interest). See here and [...]

  3. Larry Teabag (88 comments.) on 27.09.2007 at 15:27 Permalink | Reply

    I’ve noticed one or two people apologising about ‘coming late to the party’. Please, don’t.

    I’ll run my blog as I see fit, thank you very much.

  4. Justin on 27.09.2007 at 15:29 Permalink | Reply

    I did say please, dammit.

  5. Tim Ireland (248 comments.) on 27.09.2007 at 17:55 Permalink | Reply

    Fascist.

  6. Justin on 27.09.2007 at 18:43 Permalink | Reply

    Don’t you start.

  7. James (4 comments.) on 27.09.2007 at 20:33 Permalink | Reply

    Have blogged about this just now, only a week late…

  8. Tim Ireland (248 comments.) on 27.09.2007 at 21:28 Permalink | Reply

    Slacker.

    :o )

  9. ChristopherWhite.info » The problem isn’t the oligarchs and lawyers: it’s the judges and the editors on 29.09.2007 at 11:33

    [...] blogosphere, unprecedentedly united, rightly agreed that this wasn’t [...]

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