<div dir="ltr">Indeed Izumi,<div><br></div><div>I appreciate your concern and interest in learning about what is going on. It's useful to be aware of the many Internet challenges facing developing and unstable countries around the world. </div><div><br></div><div>Here's a link to a recent CPJ report about the overall situation of the media including websites in Yemen: <a href="https://www.cpj.org/2015/03/media-outlets-raided-and-banned-as-conflict-spiral.php">https://www.cpj.org/2015/03/media-outlets-raided-and-banned-as-conflict-spiral.php</a></div><img src="http://t.signalecinque.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4dZ14W63RyC23Lr71xN5wLPS8QFLCHW1t4L0x1k1H6H0?si=4815485689397248&pi=ae4ae6e0-7957-4492-a5df-162ddea30826" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Sincerely,<br><br>Walid<br><br>-----------------<br><br>Walid Al-Saqaf<br>Founder & Administrator<br>alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship<br><a href="https://alkasir.com" target="_blank">https://alkasir.com</a><a href="mailto:walid.al-saqaf@oru.se" target="_blank"></a><div><br></div><div>PGP: <a href="https://alkasir.com/doc/admin_alkasir_pub_key.txt" target="_blank">https://alkasir.com/doc/admin_alkasir_pub_key.txt</a></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Izumi AIZU <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:iza@anr.org" target="_blank">iza@anr.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:small">Dear Walis,</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">Thank you so much for sharing the situation in Yemen.</div><div style="font-size:small">To tell you the truth, Yemen is so far from Tokyo that few media cover, and we</div><div style="font-size:small">are not at all aware of what is going on there.</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">You reminded us a very important fact. Thank you again, and please keep</div><div style="font-size:small">reminding us.</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">best,</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small">izumi</div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"><br></div><div style="font-size:small"></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">2015-03-27 20:06 GMT+09:00 Walid Al-Saqaf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:admin@alkasir.com" target="_blank">admin@alkasir.com</a>></span>:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><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" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">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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