[governance] Your support is needed: Internet in Yemen is under assault

[Nick Ashton-Hart]

Dear Walid,

Thank you very much for sharing this - I am sure that everyone else here is greatly worried by the troubles facing your country. I will be happy to disseminate this and if you can think of anything else that the Internet policy community can do to help, please ask.

> On 27 Mar 2015, at 12:06, Walid Al-Saqaf <admin at alkasir.com> wrote:
> 
> /*** Apologies for cross-posting ***/
> 
> Dear friends and colleagues,
> 
> 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.
> 
> Here's a story reflecting some of what happened:
> http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404 <http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404>
> 
> 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:
> https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/ <https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/>
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your support during those very difficult times in Yemen.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Walid Al-Saqaf
> Chair, ISOC-Yemen
> 
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