Sami Ben Gharbia

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My personal blog is at [fikra] فكرة (which means idea in Arabic).
I'm the co-founder of nawaat.org (which means the core in Arabic), a Tunisian collective blog about news and politics.
I'm also the Advocacy Director at Global Voices.

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Latest posts by Sami Ben Gharbia

2 April 2010

Tunisia: WAT.TV, the 3rd video-sharing website to be blocked!

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Few days ago, the Tunisian regime has blocked access to WAT.TV, a social networking and media-sharing website, which is believed to be the 3rd video broadcaster on the Internet in...

22 March 2010

Blog for a Cause! is now available in Macedonian.

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Blog for a Cause!, the Global Voices Guide of Blog Advocacy, is now available in Macedonian thanks to this translation by Elena Ignatova from Global Voices in Macedonian. Blog for...

11 March 2010

Youtube: Saudi young man impersonating a police officer arrested and charged with morality crimes

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Update 1: On March 22nd, 2010, Pinkpaper.com reported that Ahmad al-Faqih was sent to jail for a year, fined $1,330, and will be lashed 1,000 times for appearing in a...

9 February 2010

Libya blocks access to Youtube and independent websites

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On January 24th, 2010, Libya Telecom and Technology (LTT) has blocked access to the popular video sharing website Youtube and to several Libyans based abroad political and independent websites such...

3 February 2010

Philippine blogger facing libel suit filed by former Department of Social Welfare and Development Secretary

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Januray 2010- In the Philippines, the National Bureau of Investigation filed a libel complaint against blogger Ella Ganda upon the request of former Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)...

5 December 2009

2nd Arab Bloggers Meeting

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The Heinrich Boell Foundation and Global Voices are organizing the Second Arab Bloggers Meeting in Beirut from the 8th till the 12th of December 2009. This meeting is a follow-up...

7 November 2009

For Reporter Without Borders, “Press Freedom is the Price for Democracy”

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“For you, access to information costs one click. In China, it would have cost a journalist seven years in jail”. This is the message you will currently find on the...