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	<title>Comments on: Bahrain jails political activists</title>
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		<title>By: Esra'a</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75734</link>
		<dc:creator>Esra'a</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 16:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anonymous, Bahrain Uncensored is not just my site, it&#039;s Mohammed&#039;s as well (emoodz.com), and it hasn&#039;t been updated in months mainly because I got busy with the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.freekareem.org/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Free Kareem&lt;/a&gt; campaign and wanted a break from risky local politics. The main point of it was to help unblock Mahmood&#039;s Den as soon as possible, and when his site was finally unblocked, we took a long pause and now we have yet to figure out the basic theme of the site.

I will go over the content/links (with those willing to participate) and edit with relevant updates. If anyone wants to help out remember that we are trying to put together a small group of 5-10 people who are responsible for updating the site whenever it needs to be updated. You can either contact me or Mohammed if you&#039;re interested. 

We&#039;d like this to serve as a source of information as opposed to a site that can risk getting banned as well, so I hope that soon we can put together an effective strategy that can guarantee our safety.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anonymous, Bahrain Uncensored is not just my site, it&#8217;s Mohammed&#8217;s as well (emoodz.com), and it hasn&#8217;t been updated in months mainly because I got busy with the <a href="http://www.freekareem.org/" rel="nofollow">Free Kareem</a> campaign and wanted a break from risky local politics. The main point of it was to help unblock Mahmood&#8217;s Den as soon as possible, and when his site was finally unblocked, we took a long pause and now we have yet to figure out the basic theme of the site.</p>
<p>I will go over the content/links (with those willing to participate) and edit with relevant updates. If anyone wants to help out remember that we are trying to put together a small group of 5-10 people who are responsible for updating the site whenever it needs to be updated. You can either contact me or Mohammed if you&#8217;re interested. </p>
<p>We&#8217;d like this to serve as a source of information as opposed to a site that can risk getting banned as well, so I hope that soon we can put together an effective strategy that can guarantee our safety.</p>
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		<title>By: Esra'a</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75723</link>
		<dc:creator>Esra'a</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 10:47:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m not sure if I understand your remark. How is a statement in support of freedom of expression a &quot;rant,&quot; furthermore, why would you be worried if a fellow citizen decides to do something to help guarantee this right? Is that really threatening to you?

If anything should worry you, it&#039;s apathy. Not activism.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not sure if I understand your remark. How is a statement in support of freedom of expression a &#8220;rant,&#8221; furthermore, why would you be worried if a fellow citizen decides to do something to help guarantee this right? Is that really threatening to you?</p>
<p>If anything should worry you, it&#8217;s apathy. Not activism.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75709</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>BTW Esra&#039;a; Off your site, I tried clicking on the censored sites i got access to Al-Hiyak and Bahrain Online.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>BTW Esra&#8217;a; Off your site, I tried clicking on the censored sites i got access to Al-Hiyak and Bahrain Online.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75705</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2007 04:34:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;I get it that they’re shivering from Iranian-funded activism. But some things are just taken way too far. They should understand that the more they fear, the more we feel compelled to do something.&quot;


My dear Esra&#039;a it&#039;s open rantings like this that create the worrisome situation... The first thing that came to mind when reading your statement was that you would, under the right circumstances, be willing to go to such measures and that my friend, is very worrisome, to me as a Bahraini national.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I get it that they’re shivering from Iranian-funded activism. But some things are just taken way too far. They should understand that the more they fear, the more we feel compelled to do something.&#8221;</p>
<p>My dear Esra&#8217;a it&#8217;s open rantings like this that create the worrisome situation&#8230; The first thing that came to mind when reading your statement was that you would, under the right circumstances, be willing to go to such measures and that my friend, is very worrisome, to me as a Bahraini national.</p>
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		<title>By: mahmood</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75689</link>
		<dc:creator>mahmood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Their claim remains, “tarnishing the country’s reputation.” Sure, as if these acts against freedom of expression which should be guaranteed are not tarnishing their reputation at all, no.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Truer words have not been said.

It is rather sad and disgusting that they &lt;i&gt;still&lt;/i&gt; think that gestapo tactics actually work in this day and age.

What they&#039;re doing is simply creating a whole cadre of enemies by imprisoning freedom of speech, rather than making friends.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Their claim remains, “tarnishing the country’s reputation.” Sure, as if these acts against freedom of expression which should be guaranteed are not tarnishing their reputation at all, no.</p></blockquote>
<p>Truer words have not been said.</p>
<p>It is rather sad and disgusting that they <i>still</i> think that gestapo tactics actually work in this day and age.</p>
<p>What they&#8217;re doing is simply creating a whole cadre of enemies by imprisoning freedom of speech, rather than making friends.</p>
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		<title>By: Esra'a</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75688</link>
		<dc:creator>Esra'a</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 17:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m going to get the Bahrain Uncensored site redesigned and up by this weekend, if I get the chance to.

I just wish there was an easier and safer way to go about this than to get all risky. I hate it that when it comes to these things, we&#039;re not so far from turning into Egypt, whose treatment of human rights activists is just horrific. I feel really sorry that our governments don&#039;t know this thing called &quot;communication.&quot; Don&#039;t just silence us, confront us productively for once. Jeez. Every other person who opens his mouth gets threatened and then thrown in jail.

Their claim remains, &quot;tarnishing the country&#039;s reputation.&quot; Sure, as if these acts against freedom of expression which should be guaranteed are not tarnishing their reputation at all, no.

Numbskulls. I get it that they&#039;re scared of external threats. I get it that they&#039;re shivering from Iranian-funded activism. But some things are just taken way too far. They should understand that the more they fear, the more we feel compelled to do something.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m going to get the Bahrain Uncensored site redesigned and up by this weekend, if I get the chance to.</p>
<p>I just wish there was an easier and safer way to go about this than to get all risky. I hate it that when it comes to these things, we&#8217;re not so far from turning into Egypt, whose treatment of human rights activists is just horrific. I feel really sorry that our governments don&#8217;t know this thing called &#8220;communication.&#8221; Don&#8217;t just silence us, confront us productively for once. Jeez. Every other person who opens his mouth gets threatened and then thrown in jail.</p>
<p>Their claim remains, &#8220;tarnishing the country&#8217;s reputation.&#8221; Sure, as if these acts against freedom of expression which should be guaranteed are not tarnishing their reputation at all, no.</p>
<p>Numbskulls. I get it that they&#8217;re scared of external threats. I get it that they&#8217;re shivering from Iranian-funded activism. But some things are just taken way too far. They should understand that the more they fear, the more we feel compelled to do something.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymouse</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-75685</link>
		<dc:creator>Anonymouse</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just came to know that there are demonstration near Sh. Aziz mosque.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just came to know that there are demonstration near Sh. Aziz mosque.</p>
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		<title>By: Global Voices Online</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-80878</link>
		<dc:creator>Global Voices Online</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt; #  A court in Bahrain today sent two political activists to jail for possessing leaflets calling for a boycott of recent legislative elections, reports blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, who describes the sentence as “Disgusting. Another blow for freedom of speech in Bahrain.&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--%kramer-pre%--> #  A court in Bahrain today sent two political activists to jail for possessing leaflets calling for a boycott of recent legislative elections, reports blogger Mahmood Al Yousif, who describes the sentence as “Disgusting. Another blow for freedom of speech in Bahrain.<!--%kramer-post%--></p>
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		<title>By: BahBlog</title>
		<link>http://mahmood.tv/2007/01/31/bahrain-jails-political-activists/comment-page-1/#comment-80879</link>
		<dc:creator>BahBlog</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;!--%kramer-pre%--&gt;     [IMG]   الأحصائيات   أحدث المواضيع   31.01.2007 - GaDeeR: what’s the deal with spam??!!31.01.2007 - عالم آخر: تذكارا لا تبهت ألوانه..31.01.2007 - Bahrain jails political activists31.01.2007 - Al-Jazeera Calling31.01.2007 - New AJAX Comments module installed31.01.2007 - .:[ قاسي مشاعر ]:.: سخافة للبيع !!31.01.2007 - « ALD!RAZi »: تصميم &#124;2&#124; - محرم 1428هـ&lt;!--%kramer-post%--&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><!--%kramer-pre%-->     [IMG]   الأحصائيات   أحدث المواضيع   31.01.2007 &#8211; GaDeeR: what’s the deal with spam??!!31.01.2007 &#8211; عالم آخر: تذكارا لا تبهت ألوانه..31.01.2007 &#8211; Bahrain jails political activists31.01.2007 &#8211; Al-Jazeera Calling31.01.2007 &#8211; New AJAX Comments module installed31.01.2007 &#8211; .:[ قاسي مشاعر ]:.: سخافة للبيع !!31.01.2007 &#8211; « ALD!RAZi »: تصميم |2| &#8211; محرم 1428هـ<!--%kramer-post%--></p>
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