Tag Archives: Syria

Syria: Linkedin Kicks Off Syrian Users!

AnasOnline blog reports (Arabic link) that Linkedin (AC Group here) completely blocked all Syrian users. According to the blog post:
3 weeks ago when Linkedin blocked all Syrian IPs users, but they were able to access the site by using IP changing programs (such as Tor), but in the last days, Linkedin blocked all Syrian users even if [...]

Syria - Cyber-dissident Habib Saleh sentenced to three years in jail - 16.03.2009

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by the three-year prison sentence which a Damascus court passed yesterday on cyber-dissident Habib Saleh for criticising the government in online articles. الحكم على حبيب صالح بالسجن لمدة ثلاثة أعوام

International - “Internet monitored and controlled, even in democracies” - 12.03.2009

Reporters Without Borders today issued a report entitled “Enemies of the Internet” in which it examines Internet censorship and other threats to online free expression in 22 countries. “The 12 ‘Enemies of the Internet’ - Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam - have all transformed their [...]

Syria - Damascus criminal court lets cyber-dissident Habib Saleh defend himself - 2.03.2009