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Jury reaches a verdict – actually six of them
Our 12 jury members decided on the winners of the 2012 BOBs! After sifting through 3,200 you had a chance to choose the winners the BOBs’ User Prizes in 17 categories and 11 languages. And after an...
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The winners of this year’s Jury Awards met at a prize ceremony in Bonn, Germany, on Tuesday. The event was part of the Deutsche Welle Global Media forum. We’re not going to rehash the entire ceremony...
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The Bobs start on February 6 with three new languages
Curious about what’s been going on at The Bobs since the awards were handed out last year? Well, in addition to the colorful new site, we’ve made some changes to the contest before it starts its ninth...
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Who deserves an online activism award?
And we’re off! Starting on February 6, the ninth annual The Bobs online activism awards are underway. We’re ready for your suggestions of the best in online activism. What’s new? This year we’re...
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We’ll be right back after a short break
For the last month we’ve been saving all the blogs, activism campaigns, innovative initiatives and others sites you submitted to The Bobs this year. All in all, you sent in over 4,200 sites for our 34...
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Voting starts at The Bobs
What do paying bribes, the herd instinct, sending postcards, knitting and a sign-language assistant named Hugo have to do with each other? They are all among the 364 nominees for top awards this year...
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And the winners are …
Congratulations from The Bobs jury The moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived – here are the winners of The Bobs 2013. The 15-member jury of bloggers and online activists engaged in two...
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Congratulations to the winners!
Li Chengpeng is used to being in the spotlight and comfortable as photographers’ flashes light up his face. But what he said at The Bobs award ceremony was anything but routine. Instead of a...
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Submit your candidates to The Bobs 2014!
The time has finally come – the 10th edition of The Bobs is on. You have until March 5 to submit the blogs and websites you find interesting and inspiring to the contest. Submissions are welcome in 14...
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Thanks for the submissions! Voting starts April 2
Thank you all very much for all the suggestions you made to The Bobs 2014. This year there were over 3,000 submissions made to the contest. What’s next? Now it’s up to our international jury to sort...
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The ballot box is open
It’s your turn! Our international jury put together a list of the 154 nominees for The Bobs 2014. Now you can look at the finalists in all 14 languages and have until May 7 to vote for your favorites....
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The voting phase for The Bobs 2014 runs until May 7 and its your votes that will decide who wins the sought-after People’s Choice Awards in 20 categories. No chance for cheaters While voting is still...
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All the winners of The Bobs 2014
After two days of passionate discussions and debate, our international jury selected the winners of The Bobs 2014 Jury Awards. But the jury weren’t the only ones hard at work. Internet users from...
View ArticleThe Bobs Award Ceremony 2015
This is the full Award Ceremony of the Bobs 2015. We thank all our guests and our great winners. You are awesome!
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Since 2013, Brazil and Germany have co-sponsored two resolutions on digital privacy at the UN General Assembly, which could become the base for future global regulation of the Internet. Digital...
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After the killing of secular bloggers in Bangladesh, the country’s security forces have announced the arrest of three suspects. It is too early to interpret the arrests as a breakthrough, writes DW’s...
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Turkey will be voting again on November 1st. The parliamentary elections earlier this year (7.6.15) brought an end to more than a decade’s rule by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s ruling Justice and...
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Raif Badawi’s wife accepts DW Freedom of Speech Award
Ensaf Haidar, wife of blogger Raif Badawi, sentenced to 1,000 lashes by a Saudi court, appeared at DW’s Berlin headquarters to accept the Freedom of Speech Award. Haidar also announced the creation of...
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Saudi-blogger Raif Badawi awarded 2015 Sakharov Prize
Top human rights prize goes to Raif Badawi. Previous winners include Nobel Peace Prize laureates Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela. The European Union’s top human rights prize was awarded Thursday...
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As the post-attacks’ situation in France merges into the rise of the extreme right Front National party, I wonder if we residents of France, who care about freedom of speech should now reach out and...
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