Blocking web 2.0 websites (Youtube, Dailymotion, Facebook) and barring access to local outspoken websites and blogs is the most obvious way of cracking down of the online free speech in Tunisia. It should be emphasized, however, that this is only one tool in the regime’s hand. Tunisia has adapted to the web 2.0 revolution by developing a broader strategy composed of a wide range of instruments […]
قمة أصوات عالمية ببودابست: بإتجاه حركة دولية لمناهضة الحجب
دليل التدوين من أجل قضية الآن متوفر باللغة العربية
أشرطة الفيديو الحقوقية تحاصر قصر بن علي بقرطاج
Human rights videos besiege the Tunisian Presidential palace
Tunisia blocked access to both popular video-sharing websites, Youtube and Dailymotion, in order to prevent Tunisian netizens from watching video content featuring testimonies from former political prisoners and human rights activists. However, and as shown in this example, Tunisian cyberactivists are successful enough in besieging Carthage presidential palace, on Google Earth, with tens of human rights videos.
قاطعو بلوغر إن كنتم صادقين
Egypt: Facebooking the Struggle
After little less than a month following the April 6 strike, during which a number of prominent Egyptian bloggers and internet activists were arrested, preparations for the next round of a planned general strike to mark the 80th birthday of President Mubarak, on May 4, 2008, are currently spreading all over the blogosphere and the Internet. Blogger and activist Nora Younis shares some of her ideas with us about […]
Sarkozy a voté Ben Ali
« Le premier des droits de l’homme, c’est manger, être soigné, recevoir une éducation et avoir un habitat ». On se souvient toujours de cette désormais célèbre phrase de l’ancien président français Jacques Chirac lors de sa visite en Tunisie qui avait provoqué un tollé. L’année dernière, son successeur, Nicolas Sarkoz, en entamant sa première visite d’Etat en Tunisie avait souligné que « le président Ben Ali est le premier à reconnaître […]
دوّن من أجل قضية
إنشاء مدونة من هذا النوع يختلف عن التدوين الشخصي من حيث المحتوى و من حيث المنهجية المتبعة و التقنيات المستعملة و حتى […]