<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body ><div>Yaa Walid,</div><div>Thank you for this update as to what a political conflict has touched everything in your country. </div><div><br></div><div>We are following news through the common media houses about the actions taken by friends of Yemeni to stabilise the situation ..soon.</div><div><br></div><div>As it is during wars, infrastructure is the first target and its seizure saves double-purpose. These days,communication infrastructure suffers first hence the capturing of major ISPs and other service providers. I am not a technical person but my thought is to use the expensive satellite link perioducally in order to access the Internet.?</div><div>That is my feable and maybe useless suggestion. Do you have anything like Imarsat equipment somewhere?</div><div><br></div><div>A common wish is for your health and safety while the defence and security are doing their best to solve the situation.</div><div>Kind regards</div><div>Yassin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-size:9px;color:#575757">Sent from Samsung Mobile</div></div><br><br>-------- Original message --------<br>From: Walid Al-Saqaf <admin@alkasir.com> <br>Date:27/03/2015 13:06 (GMT+02:00) <br>To: governance <governance@lists.igcaucus.org> <br>Subject: [governance] Your support is needed: Internet in Yemen is under assault <br><br><div dir="ltr"><div>/*** Apologies for cross-posting ***/</div><div><br></div>Dear friends and colleagues,<div><br></div><div>Those of you who followed the news lately may have heard about the intensifying conflict in Yemen, which has led to the blocking of of many news and dissident websites. </div><div><br></div><div>Here's a story reflecting some of what happened:</div><div><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404">http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>This is unprecedented and unacceptable. It obliged us as ISOC-Yemen to formally launch a campaign starting with the below statement (both in English and Arabic), which is to be widely circulated and published on our Facebook page here:</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/">https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I'd appreciate your support by sharing, liking, commenting or take any other actions you can to help our campaign. You can also re-publish the text freely on your platforms.</div><div><br></div><div>Our intention is to stress that Internet access should not tampered with by those involved in the conflict because it severely affects the confidence of end-users in the Internet as a whole and their ability to use it effectively.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for your support during those very difficult times in Yemen.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Walid Al-Saqaf</div><div>Chair, ISOC-Yemen</div><div><br></div>
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