[IRP] [Expression] Slim Amamou (and other bloggers) arrested in Tunisia

Fri Jan 7 21:05:21 EET 2011

Hello Meryem, Dixie and friends,

This is indeed such an unfortunate development. I know Slim personally and
hope he would be released soon. I have just put up a banner on my website (
http://yemenportal.net) and have sent out an appeal to several Arab bloggers
and friends. I'll be in Cairo for a conference on Internet freedom and would
push for some action on behalf of the participants for both Slim and Ali
Abdulemam who remains imprisoned in Bahrain and whom I also know personally.

Thanks and let's keep up the pressure. Do keep us posted if you hear any
news.

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>

On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:52 PM, Meryem Marzouki <meryem at marzouki.info>wrote:

> Robert,
>
> Thanks, but as I just said earlier: be cautious, if not for yourself, at
> least for the others. I think you should remove your "sources" of
> information, links and advice. The mentioned people won't claim any
> copyright;) Thanks.
>
> BTW, please add a link to this piece from Danny O'Brien (CPJ, formerly EFF)
> and the following discussion: they're are of high interest, as they very
> well explain the "technical performance":
> http://cpj.org/internet/2011/01/tunisia-invades-censors-facebook-other-accounts.php
>
> Meryem
>
> Le 7 janv. 11 ? 18:27, Bodle, Robert a ?crit :
>
>  Hi all, I posted a composite note (via Meryem and links from Rafik).
>> Please "Like," Comment, and raise its salience! Thank you.
>>
>> http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&note_id=485057762531&id=89835642002#!/internetrightsandprinciples<http://www.facebook.com/note.php?created&&note_id=485057762531&id=89835642002#%21/internetrightsandprinciples>
>>
>> Also, on http://twitter.com/netrights, please RT
>>
>> Robert
>>
>>
>> ________________________________________
>> From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [
>> irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of Dixie
>> Hawtin [Dixie at global-partners.co.uk]
>> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 12:15 PM
>> To: M I Franklin; Meryem Marzouki; IRP; Expression IPjustice
>>
>> Subject: Re: [IRP] Slim Amamou (and other bloggers) arrested in Tunisia
>>
>> Robert has tweeted about it on the IRP Twitter account (netrights)
>>
>> I rashly sent an email to the Tunisian Ministry of Human Rights in my
>> personal capacity just in case it would be helpful, but from the stories
>> about WSIS in Tunisia it seems that the Ministry is most likely a facade. We
>> probably need more information about what happened and certainly about the
>> situation in Tunisia to know what will be useful/not harmful. I agree with
>> Meryem, it would be most effective to add our weight to an ongoing
>> initiative, if anyone knows or hears of anything relevant please send it
>> through on the list.
>>
>> Dixie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:
>> irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of M I
>> Franklin
>> Sent: 07 January 2011 16:47
>> To: Meryem Marzouki; IRP; Expression IPjustice
>> Subject: Re: [IRP] Slim Amamou (and other bloggers) arrested in Tunisia
>>
>> Thanks Meryem for this good advice;
>>
>> Thanks everyone else for links and ideas that even those (Still) without
>> Twitter accounts can access/spread!
>>
>> best
>> MF
>>
>> --On Friday, January 07, 2011 17:24 +0100 Meryem Marzouki
>> <meryem at marzouki.info> wrote:
>>
>>  For more efficiency, I think it's better to join any action that  might
>>> be undertaken by the people who are closer to the protesters  than both
>>> IRP and FoE lists are. Watch out these websites, inter alia  (in
>>> English):
>>>
>>> - http://24sur24.posterous.com/tag/sidibouzid (events and protests in
>>> Tunisia, on and off line)
>>> - http://nawaat.org/portail/ (reporting and cyberactivism)
>>> - http://globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/middle-east-north-africa/tunisia/
>>>
>>> As well as the press and human rights defenders / press freedom
>>> organizations websites. Mainstream media are starting to report on  the
>>> events, but Al Jazeera has an extended coverage, including this  article
>>> on "Tunisia's bitter cyberwar" at: http://
>>> english.aljazeera.net/indepth/features/2011/01/20111614145839362.html
>>>
>>> If you're on twitter, useful hashtags are: #SidiBouzid, #OpTunisia.  If
>>> you want to follow the twitter account of Al Jazeera journalist  covering
>>> the situation: http://twitter.com/yasmineryan
>>>
>>> One may also join demonstrations and other actions in different
>>> countries where they're organized. There are some in Paris, and
>>> Montreal, and probably other cities where there's an active Tunisian
>>> community, especially students.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Meryem
>>>
>>> Le 7 janv. 11 ? 16:40, Dixie Hawtin a ?crit :
>>>
>>>  Hi Meryem,
>>>>
>>>> I have heard about the very sorry situation in Tunisia and it is
>>>> desperately sad that Slim has been targeted. Thanks for letting us
>>>> know.
>>>>
>>>> I'm just wondering is there anything we can do? An online petition,
>>>> or people we should send messages of support (or censure) to, or
>>>> something else? Does anyone have any ideas? I would like us to
>>>> respond in some way.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Dixie
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: irp-bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org [mailto:irp-
>>>> bounces at lists.internetrightsandprinciples.org] On Behalf Of Meryem
>>>> Marzouki
>>>> Sent: 07 January 2011 15:28
>>>> To: IRP; Expression IPjustice
>>>> Subject: [IRP] Slim Amamou (and other bloggers) arrested in Tunisia
>>>>
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> You've probably heard about the situation in Tunisia, with street
>>>> demonstrations, strikes and other actions following events in the
>>>> city of Sidi Bouzid since mid-December, when a young unemployed men
>>>> selling goods in the streets immolate himself after the police seized
>>>> his goods. He recently died. These protests and of course this
>>>> desperate act, are a consequence of corruption and very high level of
>>>> unemployment, especially for young people including highly educated
>>>> people, in the country.
>>>>
>>>> The Tunisian authorities exercizes severe repression against
>>>> protesters, and has intensified the censorship of the press and any
>>>> independent reporting and the targetting of any dissenting voice. In
>>>> particular, Slim Amamou - who recently participated to our
>>>> discussions on the IRP list, that's why I'm especially mentioning
>>>> him  - and other bloggers have been arrested, and there are no news
>>>> about their situation, except that Slim was detained at the ministry
>>>> of Interior headquarters.
>>>>
>>>> Information in English may be found at: http://
>>>> globalvoicesonline.org/-/world/middle-east-north-africa/tunisia/ and
>>>> at: http://fr.readwriteweb.com/2011/01/07/divers/blogueur-slim-amamou-
>>>> auteur-sur-readwriteweb-arrt-en-tunisie-sidibouzid/?
>>>> utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A
>>>> +readwriteweb-france+%28ReadWriteWeb+France%29 (the latter article is
>>>> in French, but there are some comments in English at the bottom of
>>>> the page).
>>>>
>>>> There is also an audio interview in English, including an interview
>>>> of Slim - of course before his arrest - at: http://media.theworld.org/
>>>> audio/010620118.mp3 (interview by Clark Boyd,BBC correspondent in
>>>> Brussels,published on 6 January).
>>>>
>>>> Wanted to let you know...
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Meryem
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