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Syria: Facebook Banned
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18:59
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Syria's netizens have been given another slap on the face with the banning of social networking site Facebook. With Blogger already blocked, the country's bloggers are fuming and have a lot to say about the latest development.
From Damascus, Golaniya sets the mood:
"Facebook is blocked in Syria, would I ...
Syrian blogger Roukana Hamour has been Kidnapped
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15:28
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Update: Last night (October 26), we've received a call from Rokana Hamour. She is fine. She has been interrogated by the Syrian Security Services about a comment left on her blog. Rokana was released three hours later.
We've received an email that appeared to come from someone who witnessed the kidnapping ...
Syria: Blogspot blocked? What to do next?
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23:25
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According to the last report from Syria, Google's Blogger platform, which hosts the popular blogspot.com blogs, is apparently being blocked by all Syrian ISPs. Syria has blocked access to Blogspot on more than one occasion. It started in February 2006 when Damascus-based bloggers reported that both government-affiliated ISPs, Syrian Telecom ...
Syria: more victims of Internet repression
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15:33
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A new report released by Human Rights Watch reveals that two persons are being held in incommunicado detention at an undisclosed location in Syria. Karim 'Arbaji (29) and Tarek Biasi (22) were arrested in June 2007 by Syrian Military Intelligence for expressing online views critical of the Syrian government. A ...
Blogging for Kurds' human rights
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10:40
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Young bloggers from across the Middle East have joined forces to fight for the human rights of their Kurdish brethren: "Our first target is the media which is necessary for Kurds to voice their opinion, thus we are petitioning to unblock these voices, at least on the internet, our only ...
Syria: censorship and repression
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05:02
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Based on a list, by ISP, provided by the Syrian center for media and freedom of Expression, the Tharwa community has posted a brief history of the Internet Filtering in Syria, which describes the crackdown on online freedom of speech. Most of the blocked websites are related to freedom of ...
