Since 2003, sixty-four bloggers have been arrested the world over for posting their views online. According to a University of Washington World Information Access (WIA) report, 36 of those arrests occurred in 2007.
The exact number of bloggers arrested may be higher. The Committee to Protect bloggers says at least 344 have been detained in Burma alone, however, the committee is unable to verify this number and is not included in the WIA report.
China, Egypt, and Iran accounted for most of the arrests but Americans, Brits, French and Canadians were also detained. The report provides a graph (pdf) indicating country of origin, reason for arrest, and year. The average sentence is 15 months though one blogger was sent to jail for eight years.
