[Foundation-l] Arabic Wikipedia blocked in Syria

[Aude]

On 5/15/08, Mohamed Magdy <mohamed.m.k at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello
>
> Our Syrian users reported that Arabic Wikipedia access from Syria is being
> blocked (reading and editing), the block started since 30/4/2008. The rest
> of the languages are working properly. Advanced users can bypass the block
> and view and edit (proxies) but the problem is that the majority cannot get
> past the block. We don't know the reasons yet for this stupid block. Is
> there anything to be done to help lift the block?
>
> --
> --alnokta


Syria also blocks YouTube, Facebook, Blogspot, and other sites.  I don't
have any suggestions, but it's unacceptable that Wikipedia is blocked there.

http://anasonline.net/?p=113 (in Arabic)

http://digg.com/world_news/Global_Voices_Advocacy_Syria_Blocks_the_Arabic_Wikipedia

-Aude