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Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
Libyan rebels claim taking post on Tunisian border
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan rebel leader said Thursday that opposition forces have control of a post on the Tunisian border near a former rebel-held town, which could open a new channel for anti-government forces in Moammar Gadhafi's bastion in western Libya.
In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya, meanwhile, relief workers and medical teams awaited the arrival of a passenger ferry carrying about 1,000 people — mostly Libyan civilians and workers from Asia and Africa — out of the besieged city of Misrata, the main rebel holdout in Gadhafi's territory.
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| Libyan rebel fighters guard at a checkpoint at the streets of Misrata, Libya Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Inside the besieged city of Misrata, spent rockets protrude from the pavement of a parking lot, unarmed teenagers prepare plastic crates of Molotov cocktails, and fighters at roadblocks sit inside empty shipping containers outfitted with furniture, carpets and generator-powered TVs and watch Al-Jazeera reports of their war with Moammar Gadhafi. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser) |
Also aboard the vessel were the bodies of an Oscar-nominated documentary maker from Britain and an American photographer who were killed covering clashes Wednesday. A day earlier, the ferry arrived in Misrata, delivering food and medical supplies to the beleaguered population.
The reported capture of the border crossing followed three days of intense fighting outside the desert town of Nalut, about 140 miles (240 kilometers) southwest of the capital Tripoli, said a rebel leader, Shaban Abu Sitta. The area was in hands of anti-government forces last month before Libyan troops moved in.
Holding the Dhuheiba border crossing could open important supply routes for anti-Gadhafi forces and give the rebels another foothold in western Libya. The claim could not be independently verified. Moammar Gadhafi's forces have sharply restricted the movement of journalists in the areas they control in western Libya.
"Rebels are now manning Dhuheiba crossing," said Abu Sitta, who claimed his fighters destroyed 30 army pickup trucks and captured 10 cars and some weapons.
On the Ionian Spirit ferry — part of a maritime lifeline to Misrata — Libyan civilians and migrants workers packed the decks, hallways and every other available space. In the ship's Panorama Bar, evacuees tossed mattresses onto the wooden dance floor. Women slipped behind a curtain to change.
The injured were brought to the lower level of the ship, where an 11-member medical team set up a makeshift intensive care unit.
Jeremy Haslam, a coordinator from the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration, said the boat has more than 1,000 evacuees including 239 Libyan civilians and 586 migrants from Niger and others from Africa and Asia.
He said some Libyans tried to flee Misrata aboard a tug boat, but were turned away because the vessel was overcrowded. Some managed to get aboard the ferry.
"We are carrying more than we are supposed to but it's better than letting these people leave on a tugboat," said Haslam.
The number of people seeking to flee Misrata has surged as Libyan forces expand their shelling to areas once considered relatively safe havens from attacks.
"Our neighborhood became a war zone so we had to get out," said Faiza Stayta, who made it aboard the ferry with her husband and two children. "All the firing is random. You hear a rocket and how have no idea if it will come down on your house."
The vessel carried the bodies of Chris Hondros, a New York-based photographer for Getty Images, and British-born Tim Hetherington, co-director of the 2010 Afghanistan war documentary "Restrepo" that was nominated for an Academy Award. The film was co-directed by Sebastian Junger, author of "The Perfect Storm."
They were killed Wednesday in an attack that also injured two other photographers. A statement from Hetherington's family said he was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade. The ship also held the body of a Ukrainian doctor killed Wednesday from an artillery blast, said Haslam of the IOM.
The group is planning to send another ship to Misrata carrying 500 tons of food and medical supplies. The IOM said it has evacuated more than 3,100 people from Misrata.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Clashes break out on Libya's day of protest
(Reuters) - Clashes broke out in several towns in Libya on Thursday after the opposition called for a day of protests, reports and a witness said, while supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi rallied in the capital.
Gaddafi opponents, communicating anonymously online or working in exile, had urged people to protest on Thursday to try to emulate popular uprisings which unseated long-serving rulers in neighboring Tunisia and Egypt.
In the capital of the oil exporting country there was no sign of any demonstrations, a Reuters reporter said, apart from the pro-Gaddafi demonstrators in the city's Green Square chanting "We are defending Gaddafi!" and waving his portrait.
A resident of the eastern town of Al Bayda told Reuters 15 people were hurt in a confrontation between government supporters and relatives of two men killed during a protest a day earlier. Fighting broke out soon after the two were buried.
"The situation is still complicated," said the resident, who was contacted by telephone and did not want to be identified. "The young people do not want to listen to what the elders say."
Local newspapers earlier reported the regional security chief was removed from his post over the deaths of the two young men. There were reports of higher death tolls but they could not be confirmed.
Al Bayda is near Benghazi, Libya's second city, where protesters clashed with police and Gaddafi supporters late on Tuesday. A resident in the city told Reuters: "Benghazi is quiet."
The New York-based rights watchdog Human Rights Watch said Libyan authorities had detained 14 activists and writers who had been preparing the anti-government protests, and telephone lines to parts of the country were out of order.
In a possible move to calm the unrest, the newspaper Quryna, which has ties to Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, reported Libya's parliament was preparing next week to adopt "major shifts," including government personnel changes.
BUILDING ON FIRE
Snatches of information about protests were trickling out from parts of the country on an Arabic-language Facebook page used by opposition activists, but the sources were not clear and it was not possible to verify the details.
One post said protesters in Ar Rajban near the border with Algeria set fire to a local government headquarters. In Zenten, south-west of Tripoli, protesters shouted "we will win or die," said another post, which had a photograph of a building on fire.
In the capital, traffic was moving as normal, banks and shops were open and there was no increased security presence.
Tripoli resident Ahmed Rehibi said anti-government protests were an unnecessary distraction. "We should be concentrating on working, on our schools, because now we are trying to build up our infrastructure," he said.
Political analysts say an Egyptian-style revolt is unlikely because the government can use oil revenues to smooth over most social problems.
Libya has been tightly controlled for more than 40 years by Gaddafi, born in 1942 and now Africa's longest-serving leader, and has immense oil wealth. The country has nevertheless felt the ripples from the uprisings in neighboring states.
"We have problems," Mustafa Fetouri, a Tripoli-based political analyst and university professor, told Reuters. "This is a society that is still behind in many ways, there are certain legitimate problems that have to be sorted out."
However, he said: "I do not really see it (unrest) spreading ... Gaddafi remains well respected."
Libya bans all political parties, public dissent is rarely tolerated and during Gaddafi's time in office, rights groups say, thousands of his opponents have been put in prison.
Gaddafi and his supporters say Libya is a democracy because of his system of direct rule through grass-roots institutions called popular committees.
Opposition activists designated Thursday as a day of protests because it is the anniversary of clashes on February 17, 2006, in Benghazi when security forces killed several protesters who were attacking the city's Italian consulate.
On the eve of the planned protests, SMS messages were sent to mobile phone subscribers saying: "From the youth of Libya to all those who are tempted to touch the four red lines: come and face us in any square or street in Libya."
The four red lines, defined in a 2007 speech by one of Gaddafi's sons, are Islam, security, territorial integrity, and Muammar Gaddafi.
Source: Reuters
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Follow Egypt's example, Obama tells Arab world
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Barack Obama urged autocratic Middle Eastern allies to look to Egypt's example on Tuesday and encouraged the Iranian people to pursue their quest for democracy.
"You can't maintain power through coercion," Obama said in a stark message to Arab allies of the United States as protests raged in Algeria, Bahrain and Yemen following the ouster of presidents in Egypt and Tunisia.
"At some level, in any society, there has to be consent," Obama told a White House press conference.
Obama also condemned the crackdown in Iran, where lawmakers have demanded the hanging of opposition leaders who called the protests that left two people dead.
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| US President Barack Obama urged autocratic Middle Eastern allies to look to Egypt's example on Tuesday and encouraged the Iranian people to pursue their quest for democracy (AFP/Jim Watson) |
Iranian MPs singled out Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi, who had called for protests in Tehran on Monday in support of the Arab uprisings that quickly turned into anti-government demonstrations and ended in clashes.
"People should be able to express their opinions and their grievances and seek a more responsive government," Obama said. "What's been different is the Iranian government's response which is to shoot people and beat people and arrest people.
"Real change in these societies is not going to happen because of terrorism. It's not going to happen because you go around killing innocents. It's going to happen because people come together and apply moral force to a situation," Obama said.
"We have sent a strong message to our allies in the region saying let's look at Egypt's example, as opposed to Iran's example."
Obama said that Egypt was moving in the right direction after the country's military pledged to work toward political reforms and elections, days after protests toppled longtime leader Hosni Mubarak.
"Egypt's going to require help in building democratic institutions and also in strengthening the economy that's taken a hit as a consequence of what happened," he said. "But so far at least, we're seeing the right signals coming out of Egypt."
Obama also praised the military leadership for reaffirming Egypt's international treaties, including with US ally Israel.
"Obviously there's still a lot of work to be done in Egypt itself. What we've seen so far is positive."
Political unrest, meanwhile, has spread across the Middle East.
Thousands of Bahrainis demonstrated Tuesday in the capital Manama, where two protesters died. The rally called for regime change in the Gulf kingdom like that in Egypt and Tunisia.
And in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, pro-regime supporters armed with batons and stones waded into anti-government protesters trying to march on the presidential palace, sparking clashes dispersed by police.
Obama tried to answer critics who suggest his administration was caught flat-footed by the events in Egypt, arguing that he wanted to ensure that the United States did not become the story.
"I think history will end up recording that at every juncture in the situation in Egypt that we were on the right side of history," Obama said
"What we didn't do was pretend that we could dictate the outcome in Egypt because we can't," he said. "So we were very mindful that it was important for this to remain an Egyptian event, that the United States did not become the issue."
But Obama insisted that, if anything, he was actually ahead of the curve.
"If you look at my statements, I started talking about reform two weeks or two and a half weeks before Mr. Mubarak ultimately stepped down, and at each juncture, I think we calibrated it just about right.
"I would suggest that part of the test is that what we ended up seeing was a peaceful transition, relatively little violence, and relatively little, if any, anti-American sentiment or anti-Israel sentiment or anti-Western sentiment."
Source: Yahoo! News
Journalists in the Middle East face multiple attacks
New York, February 14, 2011--As protests spread from Tunisia and Egypt to other countries in the region, journalists have been targeted by security forces, in Yemen, Iran, and Algeria, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
"We condemn the authorities in Yemen, Iran, and Algeria for pursuing a course of violence and intimidation to prevent media coverage of protests inspired by events in Egypt and Tunisia," said Mohamed Abdel Dayem, CPJ's Middle East and North Africa program coordinator.
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| A woman walks past riot police standing guard during a demonstration in Algiers on Saturday. (Reuters/Louafi Larbi ) |
On Friday, Yemeni security forces assaulted an undetermined number of journalists who were covering a march in the capital, Sana'a, in solidarity with the Egyptian revolution, according to the Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate. The syndicate also reported similar attacks on journalists on Sunday during demonstrations calling for the ouster of Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The Yemeni newspaper Al-Ghad reported that journalist Khalil al-Barh was detained by unidentified men in the kind of vehicle used by security forces for 30 minutes in Sana'a's Tahrir square. Al-Barh was released but only after security forces roughed him up and deleted footage from his camera, according to Al-Ghad.
Also on Sunday, in various locations throughout the capital, men assaulted Associated Press photographer Hani al-Ansi, Reuters photographer Khaled al-Mahdi, and Wajdi al-Salmi, a reporter for the newspaper Hadith al-Madina. The journalists had their cameras either confiscated or destroyed, local journalists told CPJ. Men in plainclothes tried to kidnap prominent journalist Samia al-Aghbry but were prevented from doing so by a group of demonstrators. Al-Aghbry was injured when she fell while trying to escape, local journalists told CPJ. She was taken to a hospital and released. Al-Jazeera reported on the air that the BBC's correspondent was attacked today as he covered ongoing demonstrations, but did not provide additional information.
The Yemeni Journalists' Syndicate submitted a complaint to the prosecutor-general, demanding an investigation into acts of violence and intimidation against journalists in recent days.
In Iran, authorities also took measures to stem reporting on demonstrations scheduled for today in some 35 cities and towns throughout the country. In addition to keeping opposition leaders under house arrest, cutting their phone lines and other forms of electronic communications, and announcing that it will deal forcefully with any demonstrators, Iranian authorities have also reduced the speed of all Internet connections inside the country to a virtual crawl in an effort to stem the flow of information, particularly photographs and videos of any potential confrontations, reformist news websites reported.
On Friday, the BBC announced that "its Persian Television service is being jammed from within Iran following coverage of the political unrest in Egypt." BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks said that "jamming should stop immediately. The events in Egypt are being viewed by the entire world and it is wrong that our significant Iranian audience is being denied impartial news and information from BBC Persian TV."
Iranian officials announced on Sunday that a specialized media court would adjudicate what it called "media crimes" as of an unspecified date. Abbas Zagholi, a ranking official within the judiciary, is quoted by the pro-government Khabar as saying that such a court "was necessary because of special media crimes," without specifying what those entailed. Press crimes are currently adjudicated by Revolutionary Courts.
Over the past week, at least five journalists have been arrested, according to news reports. It is unclear whether these arrests are directly linked to renewed demonstrations by the opposition or if they are part of the general crackdown against journalists that has been ongoing since June 2009.
Plainclothes officers arrested Taghi Rahmani, a journalist, author, and political activist, at home on February 9, the Deutsche Welle Persian Service reported. Though no warrant was presented at the time of his arrest, conservative website Bultan News quoted a "reliable source" who said that Rahmani was involved in the "seditious" acts of 2009--a term used by the Iranian government to reference post-election protests. Security forces arrested reformist journalists and bloggers Meysam Mohammadi and Omid Mohaddes at home on the night of February 10, according to reformist news website Kaleme. No official reasons for the two arrests have been announced, according to local news websites. Journalist Maziar Khosravi was arrested at his office in the daily Sharq on February 11. Khosravi has previously worked as editor-in-chief of the reformist website Hammihan, editor-in-chief of Aftab, and foreign affairs editor of reformist newspapers Mardomsalari and Bahahr. No warrant and no reasons were given for his arrest, according to Kaleme. Freelance reformist journalist Nozhat Amirabadian was also arrested on February 11, according to the reformist news website Human Rights House of Iran (RAHANA). Amirabadian has previously worked for multiple reformist news websites such as Fararu, Hammihan, and Aftab. No warrants or reasons for arrest were presented at the time of Amirabadian's arrest, RAHANA reported.
In Algeria, security forces prevented journalists from covering anti-government protests in major Algerian cities on Saturday, according to local and international news reports. Kamel Amarni, secretary-general of the Algerian National Syndicate, told CPJ that security forces stopped and searched several journalists before confiscating their equipment. Police officers detained Bilel Zehani, a photojournalist with the Algerian agency Agence NewPress, for two hours and erased his camera's memory card, Amarni said. Internet service was shut down for several hours on Saturday and Facebook accounts deleted across the country, according to news reports.
Copyright: CPJ
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
Syrian president: Tunisia, Egypt protests usher in 'new era' in Arab world, but Syria immune
BEIRUT - Syria's president says the protests in Tunisia and Egypt are ushering in a "new era" in the Arab world but that his country is immune to that kind of unrest.
Bashar Assad told the Wall Street Journal in a rare interview that Syria is stable despite having more "difficult circumstances" than the rest of the Arab world. The interview was published Monday.
The 45-year-old British-trained eye doctor inherited power from his father, Hafez, in 2000, after three decades of iron-fisted rule.
Assad has since moved slowly to lift Soviet-style economic restrictions, letting in foreign banks, throwing the doors open to imports and empowering the private sector.
But Assad has not matched liberal economics with political reforms and critics of the regime are routinely jailed.
Source: 660news
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Albanian PM Berisha defiant after three die in clashes
Prime Minister Sali Berisha of Albania has said there will be no Tunisia-style uprising in his country after three people died in clashes on Friday.
Thousands of protesters demanding his government's resignation were confronted by riot police in the capital Tirana.
An opposition leader said the crowd had been provoked and police had behaved unprofessionally.
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| The opposition plans more protests |
Albania - one of Europe's poorest countries - s not due to hold its next general election until 2013.
But political tensions grew last week after Ilir Meta, a key ally of the prime minister, resigned after being accused of corruption over a power plant tender.
The opposition wants a fresh general election after rejecting the result of the June 2009 vote, which Mr Berisha's Democratic Party won by a small margin.
The ex-communist state's hopes of joining the EU have been thwarted as it struggles to prove it has made the transition to a fully functioning democracy.
Brussels rejected Albania's application for candidate status late last year, urging it to meet an agenda of 12 points, in particular fighting corruption.
Opposition in mourningIn Friday's unrest, protesters pelted Mr Berisha's office and police with stones, sticks and umbrellas, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, water cannon and stun grenades.
Vehicles were set alight, some of them belonging to police. In addition to the dead, dozens of people were injured.
No power in the world is able to manipulate the free will of the Albanian people
Sali Berisha, Albanian prime minister
Mr Berisha drew a parallel with Tunisia, where President Zine al-Abedine Ben Ali was ousted on a wave of popular protest this month.
The prime minister compared his political opponents to Mr Ben Ali, but said they were seeking to overthrow his government through violence.
"The bastard children of Albania's own Ben Alis conceived Tunisian scenarios... for you citizens of Albania," he said.
"No power in the world is able to manipulate the free will of the Albanian people."
Mr Berisha ruled out imposing a state of emergency but said further violence would not be tolerated.
Accusing the police of lacking professionalism, opposition Socialist Party leader Edi Rama said: "My call for the so-called premier is to refrain from taking our society and country further down a blind alley."
Protesters would mourn the dead on Saturday and hold more protests later, he added, promising they would be peaceful.
Source: BBC
Source: BBC
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.
Source: Go to Source
Here also an Video but it was not founded by BAG Authority. If you found then Mail us the Link:
bag.eih.ceo[at]gmail.com
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.
Source: Go to Source
Here also an Video but it was not founded by BAG Authority. If you found then Mail us the Link:
bag.eih.ceo[at]gmail.com
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
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:
@VoiceoftunisiaVoice of Freedom
Tunisians too early for congratulations, we did not succeed yet. power is still in the corrupt RCD party. #sidibouzid #tunisia#jasminrevolt
@monaeltahawyMona Eltahawy
Every #Arab leader is watching #Tunisia in fear. Every Arab citizen is watching Tunisia in hope and solidarity.#Sidibouzid.
@alfarhanFouad Alfarhan
الجزيرة تقول أن بن علي متجه لدولة خليجية! ريتويت إذا كنت سعودي وترفض تقذير وطننا بإستضافة فرعون تونس الفار #sidibouzid #tunisia #BenAli
@twitterFollow 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
@BBCBreakingBBC Breaking News
Tunisia's President Ben Ali steps down amid ongoing protests and leaves the country
@SultanAlQassemiSultan Al Qassemi
BREAKING NEWS: Al Jazeera Tunisian dictator Ben Ali has left Tunis and Tunisian Parliament Speaker Fuad Mbazaa has taken power
@Dima_KhatibDima Khatib أنا ديمة
I repeat. Situation in Tunisia is critical. Violence has spread amid chaos. Masked men like militias are attacking civilians#sidibouzid
@BreakingNewsBreaking News
Tunisian president Ben Ali has left country — @Alan Fisher of Al Jazeera reports http://bit.ly/fYZ7r3
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
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
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