[NCUC-DISCUSS] Your support needed: Internet in Yemen under assault

[Nuno Garcia]

Dear Walid,

This is very disturbing.

I invite all colleagues to share this information in their social-media
profiles, as a mean to create world-wide awareness.

I already shared it on my Facebook profile.

Warm regards,

Nuno

On 27 March 2015 at 11:02, Walid AL-SAQAF <walid.al-saqaf at isoc.ye> wrote:

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>
> 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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