According to one of my sources, it seems that Ali Abdulemam and his two co-webmasters have refused to post bail which was set at BD 1,000 each and the assurance that they will not leave the country.
As they refused to post bail, they were taken back to the Hoora prison pending another hearing. Not sure what the next step is.
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Re: RIP
that’s so sad… may Allah have mercy on his soul. Allah yir7ma
Re(1): RIP
Insha’Allah. One wonders what effects the torture and hungerstrike had on his health? Tunisia, although friendly with many Western nations, has a horrible record for human rights. This man was a hero.
Ali and his co-webmasters refuse to post bail
We live in Bahrain, and although reforms have been in place, it’s not like everything is going to happen in one evening. These guys ran a website that was anti-government while they lived in Bahrain. Democracy and free speech are coming step by step, you can’t expect all power to be given up immediately, be a little realistic. People are so upset at the government and how much the government hasn’t done this or that. You can brand me a Royalist or anything you like, but do you think you have what it takes to run Bahrain? Do you think that if someone else took control, Bahrain would be a wonderful place to live and foreign investment will come pouring in? Do you think we will be able to secure our future with agreements and deals with neighbouring countries? Look at our parliament; they can’t even get one thing right. Our first chance at democracy this millennium and we blow it, our representatives are more concerned with their lifestyle and the cars they’ve been granted along with their pension. Is this is what we’re supposed to be so proud of? Instead of arguing about how the government is stopping you from exercising your right to free speech, why don’t you complain about how the parliament hasn’t done shit for us. Why don’t we focus our attention on these fools and see what happens cause from where I’m standing, they’re the ones who are benefiting the most out of this all. They get to drive their 7 series BMW or their Lexus, they get the salary, they get the prestige and they get to sit on their ass all day while people are out protesting with bread in their hand.
Don’t believe everything everyone has to say. People will throw their propaganda at you from any angle. People have sold out for a better life and people will continue to sell out for a better life, this is a fact of Humanity. The important thing is not to lose focus of the main goal: the survival and development of Bahrain.
Re: Ali and his co-webmasters refuse to post bail
I agree with you.. and I can’t but tie this issue with the blog reader profile survey just released, the most important thing that the “west” seem to be doing with their blogs is not just voice an opinion or go on a rant, but also use them to influence opinion. They do this by actively making their thoughts known and the best way seem to be writing their own MP in protest or just to let him know of their opinion. This way, bloggers make certain that they influence public opinion.
I’m not sure how many we have here in Bahrain who actually write to their MP regarding any issue since the parliament started. It would be interesting to find out as I think (though I hope I’m wrong) that writing to any official in our culture is not done.
RIP
Tunisia dissident web editor dies
Tunisian dissident Zouhair Yahyaoui – who founded and ran satirical website TuneZine – has died at the age of 36.
Relatives said he died in hospital of a heart attack, where he was taken after complaining of chest pains.
Zouhair Yahyaoui was imprisoned for 18 months in 2002, after he published opposition material on his site.
Many tributes have appeared on opposition websites. He won the 2003 cyber-freedom prize set up by media rights group Reporters Without Borders.
Zouhair Yahyaoui was arrested in a cyber cafe and sentenced to two years imprisonment for “spreading false news”.
He went on hunger strike a number of times and supporters claimed he was tortured.
He was given a conditional release in November 2003.
Correspondents say Tunisia has one of the world’s most sophisticated systems of internet censorship.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/africa/4346901.stm
Published: 2005/03/14 10:06:15 GMT
© BBC MMV
Re(1): Ali and his co-webmasters refuse to post bail
You have it right Mahmood. Influencing public opinion is the way to change things in a positive way. Unfortunately it seems that in your region a few still think the gun is a way to change things. If Mohammad had written Hashish is the way to peace and god you’d probably have democracy in the region now.
billT