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

[Walid Al-Saqaf]

Indeed Izumi,

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.

Here's a link to a recent CPJ report about the overall situation of the
media including websites in Yemen:
https://www.cpj.org/2015/03/media-outlets-raided-and-banned-as-conflict-spiral.php

Sincerely,

Walid

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Walid Al-Saqaf
Founder & Administrator
alkasir for mapping and circumventing cyber censorship
https://alkasir.com <walid.al-saqaf at oru.se>

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On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 10:56 PM, Izumi AIZU <iza at anr.org> wrote:

> ​Dear Walis,
>
> Thank you so much for sharing the situation in Yemen.
> To tell you the truth, Yemen is so far from Tokyo that few media cover,
> and we
> are not at all aware of what is going on there.
>
> You reminded us a very important fact. Thank you again, and please keep
> reminding us.
>
> best,
>
> izumi
>
>
> ​
>
> 2015-03-27 20:06 GMT+09:00 Walid Al-Saqaf <admin at alkasir.com>:
>
>> /*** 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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>                      >> Izumi Aizu <<
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> Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
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