Today Reporters Without Borders have launched the first International Online Free Expression Day. The organization rallies everyone, but bloggers and Internet professionals especially, to participate in a 24-hour online demo against Internet censorship.

Go here to participate in the demonstration!

Around the world, 63 cyber-dissidents are currently in jail for using their right to free expression on the Internet. China continues to be the world’s biggest prison for online journalists and bloggers. Here’s a list of countries considered by Reporters Without Borders to be Enemies of the Internet.

Reporters Without Borders have set up online versions of the nine countries that are the worst “Internet enemies” during the 24 hours from 11 a.m. on 12 March to 11 a.m. on 13 March (Paris time). In a couple of minutes, you can create an avatar, choose a message for your banner and take part in one of the nine cyber-demos (Burma, China, North Korea, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Tunisia, Turkmenistan and Viêt-nam).

Or you can spend 10 minutes and set up an avatar in each of the nine countries. I did. You can see “me” on Tiananmen Square with my banner in the image to the right.

A similar demonstration was held last year and some 40,000 Internet users contributes to help make the “Internet black holes” disappear. Let’s break the record this year!

All news media, websites and blogs that would like to support this major operation are invited to get in touch with Lilia Bouhdjar at +33 (0)1 4483-8456. We encourage all or blogger friends and colleagues to participate in the demonstration and write about it in their blogs.