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Presidential Election in Tunisia : Democracy His Way


What are we to make of it when Ben Ali, Tunisia’s much venerated president and ruler of the Palace of Carthage, is prepared to accept only 89.62 per cent of the vote? And this from someone more used to commanding the kind of figures associated with voting in Soviet times. A commentary by Hamid Skif
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7Nov2009 | Nawaat.org | 1 comment | Continued
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Internet Filtering in Tunisia - The OpenNet Initiative Report


Although Tunisia has actively sought to develop its information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure, the government continues to pervasively block a range of Web content and has used nontechnical means to impede journalists and human rights activists from doing their work. The filtering of political content and restrictions on online activity has [...]


12Aug2009 | OpenNet Initiative | 3 comments | Continued
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Saudia Arabia leads Arab regimes in internet censorship


Saudi Arabia leads the field among Arab regimes that practise internet censorship, blocking website content ranging from pornography to politics, but also in waging a highly effective online war against al-Qaida and other jihadi groups.
According to the OpenNet Initiative (ONI), the conservative kingdom operates a “sophisticated” filtering system run by the internet services unit at [...]


30Jun2009 | Nawaat.org | 2 comments | Continued
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Tunisia: Behind Tunisia’s ‘Economic Miracle’: Inequality and criminalization of protest


Tunisia’s ‘economic miracle’ has not benefited all, nor has it been matched by greater enjoyment of human rights. This was vividly illustrated during unrest in the south-west region of gafsa in 2008, when peaceful protests by workers and unemployed youths were met with excessive use of force by security forces, arbitrary arrest, torture or other [...]


18Jun2009 | Amnesty International | 6 comments | Continued
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Herdict: a useful tool to report censorship is now in arabic


The web site from Harvard’s Berkman Center called “Herdict,” which allows worldwide internet users  to report about web sites being blocked is now in Arabic and Chinese.
Herdict is a useful tool which is intended to be a fast, crowdsourced means of revealing websites access problem or censorship. For example if you try to visit [...]


30May2009 | Centrist | 2 comments | Continued
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Tunisie Internet : 41.231.0.0, une classe B dédiée aux usagers ADSL sous surveillance ?


Parmi les blocs IP attribués à la Tunisie, il y a la plage 41.224.0.0/13. Soit 8 blocs de classe B, qui s’étalent du 41.224.0.0 au 41.231.0.0. Avec pour chaque bloc 65 536 IP possibles. Or, il semblerait selon un article de Ezzeddine El Ahmadi que la classe IP 41.231.0.0 serait une classe spécialement dédiée pour être « routée » selon les besoins non pas de l’utilisateur, mais ceux de la police de l’internet !


5May2009 | Astrubal | 4 comments | Continued
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Arab censors swim against the information tides


It was supposed to be a reform of a bad piece of legislation that not only muzzled the press but also sent journalists to jail. So say officials in the United Arab Emirates when asked about a new media law that is awaiting approval by Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the federation’s president.
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22Apr2009 | Nawaat.org | 0 comments | Continued
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Tunisia: Blogger’s home raided, laptop and CDs robbed


The house of the Tunisian journalist and blogger Zied el-Heni has been raided last night (April 10, 2009). In a blog post published today, Zied wrote that his laptop and CDs which contain all his work have been robbed:
I am sorry to inform you that my house has been raided and robbed on April 10, [...]


12Apr2009 | Sami Ben Gharbia | 0 comments | Continued
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Tunisia’s Dubious Honor In Internet Censorship


The nation prohibits access not only to opposition websites and sites run by critical exiles, but also such popular sites as YouTube and Daily Motion as banned due to their hosting of videos documenting prison abuse in Tunisia. Further, the nation’s employs sophisticated blocking devices that allows Tunisians to access, say, the New York Times or the BBC, but bans pages critical of the regime.


4Apr2009 | Nawaat.org | 2 comments | Continued
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[Tunisie] Messieurs les censeurs… !


Par Larbi Chouikha :
Décidément ! Depuis quelques mois, les saisies des publications reviennent de plus belle, comme si notre pays est condamné à avancer en reculant : ceux qui prétendent régenter nos médias ne semblent arborer que leur pouvoir d’interdire, de censurer, de museler [...] «L’exception tunisienne» en cette matière se distingue par son usage acrobatique des subterfuges, des prétextes, des faux semblants [...]


4Apr2009 | Nawaat.org | 0 comments | Continued
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Interview with Robert Guerra about the Freedom on the Net Index


A new report on Internet freedom was launched by Freedom House, an organization which monitors freedom around the world. The “Freedom on the Net” study surveyed 15 countries on the basis of two key components: access to Web and mobile technology and the free flow of information through it. The report covered events that took place in the years 2007 and 2008, identifying new emerging threats to Internet freedom.


3Apr2009 | Sami Ben Gharbia | 0 comments | Continued
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Freedom on the Net Index: Tunisia ranked worst, behind Cuba


Since traditional media are censored and tightly controlled by the government, the internet has been used as a relatively free and uncensored means of airing political and social opinions, and as an alternative field for public debates on serious political issues. This uncontrolled freedom of expression has led to the creation of an extensive censorship and filtering system.


2Apr2009 | Nawaat.org | 0 comments | Continued
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Cyberdissidence en Afrique: le Web combat les dictateurs


Il en nait tous les jours, de ces sites ou blogs qui s’attaquent à certains dirigeants africains. Véritables défouloirs, ces espaces Internet ne sont pas toujours tenus par les partis politiques d’opposition mais plutôt par des exilés, rescapés des dictatures africaines.
Les membres de ces communautés bénéficient en général du statut de refugiés dans des pays [...]


21Mar2009 | Nawaat.org | 0 comments | Continued
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Freedom on the global Internet still a pipe dream


So begins the annual “Internet Enemies” report by Reporters Without Borders–and that’s probably the cheeriest line in the entire 39-page document. It goes down from there.
For the uninitiated, Reporters Without Borders is an anti-censorship watchdog organization. As blogs and news Web sites have grown in popularity, the group’s focus has similarly migrated to the Internet. [...]


12Mar2009 | Nawaat.org | 1 comment | Continued
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Tunisia’s bloggers defy state censors


Foreign tourists know Tunisia for its sunny beaches, ancient ruins and one of the Arab world’s most liberal societies. But for Tunisians, life is a daily tiptoe through a minefield of political taboos enforced by a vast security apparatus and heavily censored media. Now the country’s drive to embrace the internet is giving Tunisians an unexected new outlet to challenge authority.


10Mar2009 | Nawaat.org | 0 comments | Continued
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North Africa: are political websites more likely to get hacked?


Political opposition websites in North African countries, particularly in Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania, are becoming a primary target of hackers. This new phenomenon of defacing opposition and dissident websites emerged first in Tunisia, where at least 14 websites and blogs were targeted between 2007 and 2008, and seems to be spreading across the region as a result of the attempt to muzzle free [...]


30Jan2009 | Sami Ben Gharbia | 0 comments | Continued
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