No Revolution by Remote Control
Through My Eyes: <p> By a Syrian Human Rights Activist Damascus, February 8, 2011 This is a call for hope, don’t get me wrong. What is happening in the region gives us a long needed rush of optimism to stand up and tell the world, but first of all ourselves, that we too deserve a [...]
The echo of Tunisia: Syrians demand economic reforms
SMN No. 12, January 17, 2011 A newly-created Facebook group has highlighted the economic difficulties faced by Syrians, calling on the government to take urgent steps to address the crisis. Established immediately after the recent uprising in Tunisia - which started after a Tunisian man set himself on fire in protest against his desperate economic [...]
Arab Solidarity with Detained Syrian Blogger
SMN No. 9, September 15, 2010 Internet users across the Arab world have been demonstrating their online support to a 19-year-old Syrian blogger held incommunicado by authorities since December. In Egypt, cyber-activists have started campaigns and support groups for Tal al-Mallohi on several social media networks, notably Twitter, which has not still gained as wide [...]
Politics on Facebook still scares Syrians
SMN No. 9, September 8, 2010 The Facebook social network has become the favoured virtual space for many young Syrians to rally support for many common causes. But according to a cyber-activist, who asked to remain anonymous, the activities of youth over Facebook mostly concern social, cultural or literary issues. The cyber-activist noted that these [...]
Postcards to Prison
SMN No 7, August 13, 2010 Supporters of the prominent imprisoned Syrian activist Haytham al-Maleh have been urged to send him greeting cards on his 80th birthday this week. A newly launched website, The Haitham Maleh Foundation for the Defence of Human Rights, offers greeting cards in seven languages designed specially for the occasion. Al-Maleh [...]
Arabic Wikipedia Banned by Syrian Authorities
SMN No. 3, June 15, 2010 The Syrian authorities reportedly blocked again the Arabic version of Wikipedia after having lifted the ban on the website for about a year. Wikipedia describes itself as an “online free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit and contribute to”. The English version of the website is not blocked in Syria.
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