...Since 2003, a total of 64 people have been arrested. According to the study, “the majority of incidents took place in the Middle East and Asia with some in North America and Western Europe….. ” Egypt, China and Iran have lead the world in the number of blogger arrests. “The online texts we reviewed cited a variety of reasons for the arrests including refusal to give information to the government and violating rules unrelated to state security,” according to the study...

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