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

[Qusai AlShatti]

Dear Walid:
We share your concern and we are deeply worried about the Internet
situation in Yemen. We hope such measures will not hold. Currently some of
the blocked site can be accessed through free VPN services .

We Support you all at ISOC Yemen.

Best Regards,,

Qusai AlShatti

On Friday, March 27, 2015, Walid Al-Saqaf <admin at alkasir.com> wrote:

> 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
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','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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