Showing posts with label Protest in Tunisia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Protest in Tunisia. Show all posts

Friday, January 21, 2011

Another open letter to Anonymous Tunisian people

Again, congratulations on your courage, once again you have, demonstrating in the streets Tunisian put your lives at risk for refusing to accept the interim government, dominated by former regime that prides itself on being honest and without blood on their hands.
Although they refuse to prove their good faith in giving the guarantees that you deserved - show that the former regime is really over and that you are safe. The fact that they do not care about your safety and your legitimate fears from what you have suffered, they must watch out. These people - and this without any sense of irony - have the audacity to ask an honest citizen of Tunisia, "where are your clips? "Instead of asking:" progress in bringing to justice those persons who have abused your rights? Is what I can do something to help the process? . This shows their lack of respect for human dignity, and their contempt for the intelligence of the Tunisian people. As if the mere resignation (in word) party of the dictator was sufficient action in this crucial moment in the history of Tunisia. You are currently in the streets to say, we're doing on the net, an echo of your claims.

Safe behind our computer screens, we can not argue that virtual and not physically, but be sure Anons around the world are watching you, support you and are with you to achieve this miracle and cement your victory.

Anonymous believes that people everywhere are entitled to the freedom for which we fight every day. If we do not think we would not be Anonymous!

Anonymous - as all honest people in this world (which of course does not include dictators like Gaddafi), we want your revolution to succeed, and that your democracy is created by YOU and YOU ALONE. Anonymous ensure that nobody is put between you and democracy. Anonymous ensure the freedom of peoples throughout the world, and no government, no organization, no one is immune.

Overthrow his government is something that only happens in comic books or fairy tales poorly written, and Tunisia. The patriarchs of all peoples have lived under oppressive regimes and dictatorships. And few of us (ie exceptions made for anons in Romania) had to fight for freedom as you did. Most of us have received the freedom on a golden plate, and will have to contrive to meet the standard established by our patriarchs. In your case, your generation will be the reference for subsequent generations to assess their degree of freedom.


One thing of particular interest to Anonymous is how the new democracy of Tunisia will address the problem of dictatorships in place in other countries. Anonymous hopes that the Tunisian people join Anonymous in the fight for freedom and against dictatorships around the world - not only in Laos - not only in Belarus - not only in Libya - but everywhere. Tunisia can do what no other nation could do: change the Arab League and dictatorships in countries with the largest concentration of Anons.

It is true that there is little time, few people can put Tunisia on the world map, but can you put the Laos ... yet this does not mean you do not worry about Laos. It just means that you were busy doing other things during your geography class or you had other things to do than worry about Laos, and you did not have the ability to change the situation there ... But you knew that 'There were people in the world living in a dictatorship and you do not like this. Neither do we. When a dictatorship gave way to a democracy, Anons around the world gather to tip the balance and joyfully welcome new Anons in our community of free thought. We learn along the way and help when we can. You'll be in the same situation as us in 5 years under your new democracy. That does not mean we're bad not to know the place Laos on a map, but it is wrong to oppose freedom, and we are sure that person has no objection to Tunisia of freedom Laossien people. There is no difference between us. We all made the same way. Why? Because WE ARE ANONYMOUS AND YOU TOO!

We heard your voices and continue to listen to you in the future. We understand that the moment you are busy writing your history. But please continue to post as you have done in recent weeks. Tell the world through facebook, twitter, IRC channels and anonymous (some English blogs are very useful too). Let us know if the situation deteriorates, and if you feel the need to act. We hope that the freedom fighters and Tunisian Anonymous will continue to fight as one to end the enslavement of all human beings and promote the open exchange of views and information. We hope to speak with you in this new year - in blogs - chatrooms - when you come visit our country, or when we come to visit yours. And we can live in peace and harmony with our brothers in arms - the brave Tunisians who have rebelled against their dictatorship and took their destinies in their hands.

Whatever the role played by Anonymous in your victory, we will always remember with pride that we had the honor to be alongside a group of brave people who rose up against his dictatorship. And be sure qu'Anonymous will always be with those who fight for their freedoms. We are also sure that the Anonymous Tunisians will help those still in the grip of dictatorships. Dictatorships who insult us by claiming that the enslavement is freedom, as if any Anon that anyone in the world could believe in such words.
We will remain vigilant, Tunisia and everywhere
We will not forget,
We do not forgive,
Expect us
Anonymous and because we are too!


PS special note and a personal Afghan fighter - well done! You deserve the freedom to elect your president and government and I hope you will continue your efforts to continually found freedom.

Reference Note:
In all countries in the world, there are multiple opinions. In fact, all. So when someone says "xyz the country hates you, it is clear from the outset that this is a lie. If they change to "the majority of xyz country hates you, ask them to read the opinion poll and the specific question used in this survey. If they say "I live here, I know," ask them if you can talk to people who are supposed to hate you, and you wish to exercise your freedom of speech for opening a piece of your mind. My bet is that he or she never really personally met such a person. But please do not judge by that country xyz, for that 1% of the population thinks. It would be like judging Tunisia by the 1% who support the RCD. It would be unfair to the country xyz. I ask you to talk yourself to locals xyz. Do not believe the lies of others. Talk to some members of xyz country before you make judgments about them. You have freedom of speech - use this hard-won right and valuable, and please help us also to use it.

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Monday, January 17, 2011

Pointless Question Of The Week: Was Tunisia A 'Twitter' Or 'Wikileaks' Revolution?

Like many people, last week, I was paying attention to the events going on in Tunisia, mostly via following some Twitter feeds. However, we received a number of submissions and requests suggesting we write about the so-called "Twitter revolution" or "Wikileaks revolution."However, I think it's both silly and demeaning to try to diminish what's actually happening in Tunisia by trying to name what happened after one of the various elements that may have played a role in what's happening. We've seen this before. Over in Iran, of course, there was lots of talk about how Twitter "played a role" in the uprising, and it was then dismissed by people because things didn't really change (and it's arguable how much of a role it really played). Of course, as Clay Shirky has pointed out, new means of communication have certainly been useful in organizing political protests.



I didn't write anything about this last week, because it seemed that what was going on was too chaotic to actually know -- and the fact that people were jumping up and giving credit to Twitter or Wikileaks seemed more like an attempt to claim credit, when it was clearly way too early and way too nuanced to say. Thus, I tend to agree with folks like Jillian York, who says that it's simply way too early to understand the impact of Twitter or Wikileaks (if anything) on this event.



    


Furthermore, I'd argue that focusing on the role of either is silly and pointless. In the end, any sort of political uprising starts with the people involved. That they may use new tools of communication -- either with each other or the outside world -- is always interesting, and important to understand, but should never be considered the root underlying cause of the larger event. Ethan Zuckerman claims that Twitter can take "some credit" for the events "but not all of it," to which I would ask: in what political uprising can you ever claim that any one particular tool or technology deserves all of the credit. The world doesn't work that way. This isn't to diminish how either Twitter or Wikileaks might have world changing impacts (or have already), but trying to pigeonhole a much larger event into a bucket with a label would be a mistake.

Source: Tech Dirt

A Twitter Snapshot Of The Tunisian Revolution: Over 196K Mentions Of Tunisia, Tweeted By Over 50K Users

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After four weeks of civil un rest, the fall of the Tunisian president Ben Ali played out for all the world on Twitter this Friday, some dubbing it a “Twitter Revolution” like the election protests in Iran and Moldovia. Increasingly, collective events from TV shows to the World Cup to#lessambitiousmovies to the fall of dictatorships cause spikes in related conversation on the microblogging network which, with its broad media influencer adoption, has become the world’s eminent news amplifier.
Christopher Golda of Backtype (which does Twitter analysis) provided us with snapshot of Tunisa mentions on Friday January 14th. Not surprisingly the hashtag peaked at 28 tweets per second at 21:27:56 Tunisian time (20:27:56 GMT, 12:27:56 PT), a couple hours after the firstreports that Tunisan president had left the country at around 9:30 PT. At the end of the cycle, total tweets mentioning Tunisia (including those using the #Tunisia hastag) were over 196K. Total tweets for #sidibouzid (the province where the protests started) were over 103K.
The total number of people mentioning Tunisia in tweets was over 50K, which was less than the 81K boasted by the recent #Lessambitious movies Twitter trend. Golda says this is probably because the latter was “more engaging, more participatory.”
According to Backtype, the top ten Tunisian related tweets were:
Voice of Freedom@Voiceoftunisia
Voice of Freedom

Tunisians too early for congratulations, we did not succeed yet. power is still in the corrupt RCD party. #sidibouzid #tunisia#jasminrevolt
Mona Eltahawy@monaeltahawy
Mona Eltahawy

Every #Arab leader is watching #Tunisia in fear. Every Arab citizen is watching Tunisia in hope and solidarity.#Sidibouzid.
Fouad Alfarhan@alfarhan
Fouad Alfarhan

الجزيرة تقول أن بن علي متجه لدولة خليجية! ريتويت إذا كنت سعودي وترفض تقذير وطننا بإستضافة فرعون تونس الفار #sidibouzid #tunisia #BenAli
Twitter@twitter
Twitter

Follow Tweets from Tunisia through search.twitter.com so that If you're in Chrome you can use Google's Auto Translate:http://t.co/QMmYNYH
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
BBC Breaking News

Tunisia's President Ben Ali steps down amid ongoing protests and leaves the country
Sultan Al Qassemi@SultanAlQassemi
Sultan Al Qassemi

BREAKING NEWS: Al Jazeera Tunisian dictator Ben Ali has left Tunis and Tunisian Parliament Speaker Fuad Mbazaa has taken power
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة@Dima_Khatib
Dima Khatib أنا ديمة

I repeat. Situation in Tunisia is critical. Violence has spread amid chaos. Masked men like militias are attacking civilians#sidibouzid
Breaking News@BreakingNews
Breaking News

Tunisian president Ben Ali has left country — @Alan Fisher of Al Jazeera reports http://bit.ly/fYZ7r3
BBC Breaking News@BBCBreaking
BBC Breaking News

Tunisia parliament dissolved
CNN Breaking News@cnnbrk
CNN Breaking News

President of #Tunisia dissolves government.http://on.cnn.com/dRGcXP
It’s interesting to note that only three of the top tweets are from a mainstream media source (only one from the US), four (including @alfarhan’s) are breaking the news of Ben Ali’s departure and two are breaking the news of the dissolution of Parliament. The most retweeted account, @VoiceofTunisa with its 496 followers, was retweeted over 400 times.
The top sites being shared on Twitter relating to Tunisia were:
1. facebook.com
2. bbc.co.uk
3. guardian.co.uk
4. youtube.com
5. english.aljazeera.net
6. liveword.ca
7. nytimes.com
8. cnn.com
9. twitpic.com
10. news.yahoo.com
The fact that Facebook, like Twitter, sees an increase of activity around times of political change and facilitated communication between activists this time around explains its appearance at the top of the leaderboard here. More active international media like the Guardian, the BBC and Al Jazeera round out the top five. The first US-based traditional media source, The New York Times comes after the Liveword.ca blog at number seven.
Since we spend so much time on the sites ourselves, there is a tendency for bloggers and reporters to be myopic when it comes to the use of Twitter in mediating significant events. Because news about Tunisia saturated our Twitter streams, it can seem like Twitter played a crucial role in instigating the news itself.
And while the jury is still out on just how much tweets can influence something as monumental as the fall of a government, it is worth noting that the critical mass of Tunisia related activity on Twitter happened after Ben Ali fled.
Word cloud: Backtype
Source: Tech Crunch

Friday, January 7, 2011

Tunisia arrests bloggers and rapper

Tunisian authorities have rounded up bloggers, activists and a rap singer in a string of arrests that come in the midst of what is being described as a nationwide uprising.
Two web activists, Slim Amamou and Azyz Amamy, have not been heard from since Thursday, sources in Tunisia told Al Jazeera.

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Journalists and activists face violence and arrest in the uprising that began on December 17 [AFP]




Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said that it had been alerted that at least six bloggers and activists had been arrested or had disappeared in locations across Tunisia, and that there were probably others who had been targeted.
Al Jazeera spoke with Amamy on Wednesday evening, local time, after his email and Facebook accounts werehijacked in an alleged government-led "phishing" campaign. His last tweet was published on Thursday morning, as was Amamou's.
Amamy's phone was disconnected on Friday night when Al Jazeera tried to reach him.
Hamadi Kaloutcha was arrested at 6am local time by police dressed in civilian clothing. His laptop and hard drive were also taken, according to RSF. The police officers told his wife that they had "a few questions to ask him" and that it would take a few hours.
Another cyberdissident, Sleh Edine Kchouk, linked to the Tunisian General Students’ Union (UGET) was taken in for questioning in the town Bizerte and had his computer confiscated.
As of Friday evening, he had not been released, sources confirmed.
The arrests come in the context of a "cyberwar" between the Tunisian authorities and web activists, who have been struggling to break through the country’s extensive censorship wall.
International web activists from Anonymous have launched "distributed denial of service" (DDoS) attacks on government-linked websites during the past week.
'Muffling discontent'
Local journalists are facing violence and arrest as they try to cover the "unprecedented" protests that began on December 17.
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"We are asking for the release of all those who are in jail for just telling the story of what is going on in their country," Jean-Francois Julliard, the head of RSF, said.

"And we are asking above all for journalists to have access to what is going on in the country at the moment."
Julliard said it was unacceptable that the Tunisian authorities have refused to allow a correspondent from the newspaper Le Monde into the country.
"We are worried, worried because we feel that there is a toughening of the situation," Julliard said.
"President [Zine El Abidine] Ben Ali … only wants to muffle this discontent as soon as possible, he wants his country to go back to this image of a tourist paradise, the beaches, security, peace and so on, so I think he's ready to do anything."
The Committee to Protect Journalists said it was "disturbed" by the Tunisian government's attempts to censor coverage of the protests, citing violence against journalists, newspapers being pulled from shelves and the blocking of websites.
"We are also alarmed by the shrill government-orchestrated campaign against Al Jazeera," the CPJ said in an open letter to Ben Ali.

"We call on your government to present its views on the air, as it has been invited to do by media outlets on countless occasions, instead of attacking news organisations for simply performing their duties."
Rap singer arrested
Tunisian police have arrested a rap singer who made a song critical of government policies as protests against President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's rule continue to shake the North African nation, his brother said on Friday.

Hamada Ben-Amor, a 22-year-old rapper, was taken from his home in the Mediterranean Sea coast city of Sfax late on Thursday, his brother Hamdi Ben-Amor said.
"Some 30 plainclothes policemen came to our house to arrest Hamada and took him away without ever telling us where to. When we asked why they were arresting him, they said 'he knows why'," he said.
Ben-Amor is known to fans as "The General".
Last week he released a song on the internet titled 'President, your people are dying' that talks about the problems of the youth and unemployment.
The song came out as students, professionals and youths mounted a series of protests over a shortage of jobs and restrictions on public freedoms.
The protests have grown into the most widespread and violent flare-up of dissent of Ben Ali's 23-year rule.
Tunisian officials had no immediate comment on any of the arrests.
Source:
Al Jazeera and agencies