Latest posts by sami ben gharbia from July, 2007
Malaysian blogger arrested for comment published on his blog
Malaysian blogger Nat Tan has been arrested for a comment published on one of his blog posts last year. His Laptop and desktop were seized. Tan has been remanded for four days, until Tuesday, to facilitate investigation under the Official Secrets Act (OSA).
Blog of a Tunisian journalist and blogger hacked
The blog of the Tunisian journalist and blogger Slim Boukhdhir has been hacked and deleted. The work seems to be done by the same group of hackers who are targeting Tunisian opposition websites and blogs. Last weeks, the website of the Progressive Democratic Party (a legal opposition political party) has...
Israel: the censorship bill unanimously approved
The censorship bill for internet porn and violence proposed by Amnon Cohen of the ultra-orthodox Shas party has been unanimously approved by the Ministerial Committee on Legislation and will be brought to the Israeli Knesset.
China: Internet control after Xiamen protest
“Under a new city regulation, online users would have to use their real names when posting messages on more than 100,000 Web sites registered in Xiamen”, a Southern Chinese city where citizens used blogs, chatrooms and SMS to organize a protest against a planned construction of a toxic chemical plant.
Intimidation and threats to Blogger Wael Abbas.
Blogger Ahmad Sherif has posted an English translation of Egyptian police intimidation targeting Egyptian blogger Wael Abbas and threatening him to stop publishing articles and videos criticizing President Mubarak and his son Gamal. “These are certainly not the ways of a nation sitting at the United Nation’s Council for Human...
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I'm the co-founder of several Tunisian online projects:
Nawaat (The Core)
