[Foundation-l] Arabic Wikipedia blocked in Syria

[White Cat]

Blocks are intended to be "unacceptable" :P If people were willing to not
visit a site a block wouldn't be necessary :D

    - White Cat

On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 7:27 PM, Aude <audevivere at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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