<div dir="ltr">Dear Walid, <div><br></div><div>This is very disturbing.</div><div><br></div><div>I invite all colleagues to share this information in their social-media profiles, as a mean to create world-wide awareness.<div><br></div><div>I already shared it on my Facebook profile.</div><div><br></div><div>Warm regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Nuno</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 March 2015 at 11:02, Walid AL-SAQAF <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walid.al-saqaf@isoc.ye" target="_blank">walid.al-saqaf@isoc.ye</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>/*** Apologies for cross-posting ***/</div><div><br></div>Dear friends and colleagues,<div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>Here's a story reflecting some of what happened:</div><div><a href="http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404" target="_blank">http://www.albawaba.com/news/anti-houthi-websites-blocked-yemen-674404</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>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:</div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/isoc.ye/photos/a.366179743512967.1073741827.183351058462504/641852185945720/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance for your support during those very difficult times in Yemen.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Walid Al-Saqaf</div><div>Chair, ISOC-Yemen</div><div><br></div><img src="http://t.signalecinque.com/e1t/o/5/f18dQhb0S7ks8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9gXrN7sKj6v4dZ14W63RyC23Lr71xN5wLPS8QFLCHW1t4L0x1k1H6H0?si=4815485689397248&pi=385e8a5b-e63b-4792-d336-c37e3ac40fcb" style="display:none!important" height="1" width="1"></div>
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