Comments on: MoI threatens websites.. again.

By: Bubz

Bubz — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 09:39:17 +0000

If I was one of their publishers, I would just print a completely blank paper with NO NEWS at all, white spaces where all their articles would be, but just keep the advertising blocks.

Haha, brilliant idea. A similar tactic was employed by a Pakistani political writer post-independence. He used to write for a local paper, and the incendiary stuff that got edited out, he would just leave blank spaces.. so his articles were blocks of “approved” text and “censored” spaces.

Don’t know what happened with him though.

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By: Mahmood’s Den » Blog Archive » shhhhhh! keep it down will ya?

Mahmood’s Den » Blog Archive » shhhhhh! keep it down will ya? — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 20:54:37 +0000

[...] the silence is absolutely deafening lately. as the bchr has observed, it’s been a whole month since they kicked dr. salah albandar out of bahrain; it’s also been a few days since the high criminal court has issued its infamous gag order on the local press not to discuss part of the case, yet all the papers, being responsible, you see, have cowed to not only that instruction, but have maintained a self-imposed censorship at a time when the whole country needs not just news, but responsible analysis of what is going on.. so once again, this responsibility has fallen on us bloggers to tell people at least what we personally and collectively think in the hope that someone up there will listen and pull the finger and do something about this situation… that is required right about now… actually a few weeks ago would have been ideal, but i’ll settle for now nevertheless, before that brown stuff hits the fan externally, then our reputation would just continue to be maintained below zero, because maybe a bahraini citizen might be a mushroom (kept in the dark and fed on excrement) but other countries around the world actually at least make a semblance of an attempt to value theirs. [...]

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:46:44 +0000

You got it, and I agree with your conclusions.

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By: Tahoun

Tahoun — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 12:39:13 +0000

Tanks for editing. If you care, would you kindly leave in these links for the benefit of visitors who would like or can read Arabic.
First Article: http://isaalfaraj.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post.html
Second Article: http://isaalfaraj.blogspot.com/2006/10/blog-post_11.html
Thanks and God Bless.

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By: Tahoun

Tahoun — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 11:15:30 +0000

Oh, yes. I agree. I wrote two articles on this matter and sent them for publishing or action-in-better-ways, to one of the newspapers concenred. In the first artcle, I argued that there is no ban on press coverage of Bandergate per se, legally speaking. As such, refraining would be self-imposed, but not mandated. It is also argued, in the same article, that the Court might have exceeded its powers when it imposed the Gag. But the Gag itself related to the Criminal Case filed by PPD against Mr. AlBandar, not to Bandertgate. The two matters, i.e. the Crminal Case and Bandergate, being quite different from each other, in law and on the ground.

In the 2nd article, which I sent and Blogged before reading your comments (above), with which I agree, I urge that the Court can be questioned, rather than “licked”, as you chose to put it – more dramatically. If after it being challanged the Court still does not and expeditedly budge, its decsion can be challenged by further action as specifically mentioned in the article.

I presume that my opinions, as expressed in the Blogs, are sound and hope that the right action will now be taken, by the custodians of Free Speech in Bahrain.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:16:52 +0000

It’s done already, but will they listen and realise it?

Not in this lifetime…

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By: The Stallion

The Stallion — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:06:07 +0000

I guess you have to write a post on how to use a proxy or what programs people can download and install that would let them bypass such blocks on websites!

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By: Global Voices Online

Global Voices Online — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is an attempt to cauterize the wound of sectarianism by amplifying the “One Bahrain” message,” he writes. As if fueling segretation isn’t enough, Bahrain once again shows its sensitivity to the Internet and freedom of expression by blocking a few websites. From the other side of the pond, Chanad Bahraini emerges with two posts linking news articles written about Bandargate in the International Press! It really would be nice to see whether the Bahrain high court can try and muzzle the

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By: Mahmood’s Den

Mahmood’s Den — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

s also been a few days since the high criminal court has issued its infamous gag order on the local press not to discuss part of the case, yet all the papers, being responsible, you see, have cowed to not only that instruction, but have maintained a self-imposed censorship at a time when the whole country needs not just news, but responsible analysis of what is going on.. so once again, this responsibility has fallen on us bloggers to tell people at least what we personally and collectively think in the hope that someone

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