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

[Walid Al-Saqaf]

Dear Nick,

It is you and others who supported us whom I wish to thank. We need all the
support we could get to address this on slaughter of Internet freedom in
Yemen.

Sincerely,

Walid Al-Saqaf
On Mar 27, 2015 3:11 PM, "Nick Ashton-Hart" <nashton at consensus.pro> wrote:

> 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
>
> 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/
>
> 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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