2009 September

September, 2009

Monthly archive · 22 posts

Stories from September, 2009

8 September 2009

Vietnam: Bloggers arrested for criticizing China

Vietnam is continuing its crackdown against bloggers.Early morning on September 3rd blogger Nguyen Nhu Quynh, asleep with her young child was arrested by armed security personnel.In July blogger Nguyen Tien...

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7 September 2009

Danish-Egyptian Biometric ID-Card Scrutinized Before Take-off

Written by Anders Pedersen · Egypt, Denmark

Danish aid is advanzing a joint venture that will sell sofisticated biometric identification technology to the Egyptian Ministry of Communication. NGO questions lack of oversight and evaluation of whether the technology can be used to advance surveillance.

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The Other Voice: Women in the Cyberspace Discourse in the Middle East and Islamic World

Written by Tal Pavel · Middle East & North Africa

http://www.dayan.org/Women%20and%20the%20internet.pdf Tel Aviv Notes, Dayan Center, Tel Aviv University - 30 August 2009. In recent years, the Internet has become a swift and accessible means of communication, thanks in part...

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6 September 2009

Anonymous Blogging guide now available in Arabic

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Middle East & North Africa

The Anonymous Blogging with WordPress and Tor guide is now available in Arabic thanks to this translation by Yazan Badran and Mohammad Al abdallah. The guide outlines several methods of...

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4 September 2009

The Cross-posting for Advocacy guide is now available in Arabic

Written by Sami Ben Gharbia · Advocacy, activism

We are pleased to announce that the Advocacy 2.0 Guide: Cross-posting for Advocacy, An Introduction to Effective Social Media Integration, is now available in Arabic thanks to this translation by Reine Mattar from Social Media Exchange, Beirut.

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2 September 2009

Egypt: American blogger and activist detained,Laptop Confiscated

Written by Ramy Raoof · Egypt

Last night, Tuesday 1st September 09, the American activist and blogger Travis Randall, who participated in a small march supporting Gaza earlier this year, was detained by security officers for tow hours upon his arrival at Cairo International Airport. Security officers gave no explanation for the detention. Furthermore, they confiscated Randall's laptop and cell phone.

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1 September 2009

Liberia government sites are off, and nobody cares

Written by Tal Pavel · Advocacy

On the night of August 24th. S.W.A.T hackers (probably Iranian team) penetrated 19 governmental web sites including almost all ministries. Most of the sites were down for maintenance for almost...

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