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

[Walid Al-Saqaf]

Dear Qusai,

Thank you my good friend. Your support is highly valued and we hope the
whole conflict would be over soon.

Best.

Walid Al-Saqaf
On Mar 27, 2015 4:16 PM, "Qusai AlShatti" <qshatti at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>
>> 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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