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I don’t like this at all. Over the past week or so, it seems that Batelco has resumed its old policy of quietly blocking those websites that the government does not like. The list includes: Montadayat.org, Wattani.net, AhrarAlBahrain.com, and the most recent victim Shaheedbh.com (the unofficial website for the National Committee for Martyrs and Victims of Torture). In addition of course is the ever controversial BahrainOnline.org which has been blocked for years, and everyone has just accepted the status quo rather demand that it be unblocked. What all of these blocked sites have in common is that they have a strong anti-government slant.
Is it worth making a complaint to the TRA? I hope the situation will be rectified soon, otherwise this will have to be updated.
April 18th, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Hi there! There are many things that are written which I disagree, but I would fight for the right of all people to speak as they will. If I am to silence one person, then another, finally there will no one left to fight for me. This is how we look at free speech in America.
I believe it to be a universal truth and right. How can we have honest dialogue without a difference of opinion? I don’t like to read just what I believe. That gets boring! lol. I already know what I believe.
How are you doing? I hope this is resolved very soon. Have a wonderful day.
April 19th, 2006 at 12:21 am
Only a Republican American would
1. use “we” in “how we look at free speech in America”
2. attempt to nutshell “free speech in America”
3. respond to a bleak Orwellian blog with “Hi there!..Have a wonderful day.”
April 19th, 2006 at 12:55 pm
[...] Chan’ad Bahraini has the details. [...]
April 20th, 2006 at 9:38 pm
Ms. Dell
And you point being is what????
Are we all to assume that 1) You dislike Republicans
2) You disagree with Free Spreech
3) You have a problem with people being polite.
Have a NICE DAY!!!!
Hug and Kisses..xxooxxoo
CerebralWaste
April 24th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
In a kingdom that is recorded in the black list of countries allowing the apprehension of journalists … thats what happened !
April 25th, 2006 at 9:22 am
hahaha
1) i dislike republicans
2) “This is how we look at free speech in America” LOL you have arguably the freeest country in the world, coupled with the most pervasive and sophisticated PROPAGANDA corporate media/ education system
3)have a SUPERLATIVE day!
April 27th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
It’s hard to them to hear the truth which free people say. All arabs in there countries have the same problem not only people of Bahrain.
May 7th, 2006 at 10:44 pm
I am ashamed to see that Bahrain still silences people.
A couple of Islamic sites were also blocked when I tried to access them in the UAE. What a shame!
May 10th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
The english translations of these websites can still be easily accessed by using
http://www.google.com/translate_t
Batelco’s filters do not apply to Google’s translations!!
May 23rd, 2006 at 8:26 am
Dear Chanad,
It seem that you are dreaming !!
“Is it worth making a complaint to the TRA? I hope the situation will be rectified soon, otherwise this will have to be updated”
The TRA sent a memo to all new IP (Internet providers) asking them to block those websites.
May 23rd, 2006 at 3:50 pm
i am indeed dreaming tawfeeq… but dreaming isn’t illegal in Bahrain (yet) :)
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:46 pm
With the recent stepping down of the TRA, maybe some people there have a conscience as well :)
Z
February 7th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
[...] Scary? Not really, because so far the government’s censorship efforts have not totally shut up all those who want to freely express their opinions. With all the country’s newspapers implementing ridgid self-censorship, citizens have turned to blogs, which have mushroomed overnight. But with a system bent on ensuring that ‘thou shall not speak your mind unless we say it is OK’, even personal blogs have to be registered with the kingdom’s Ministry of Information - a rule which is yet to be implemented. With the war on personal blogs in full throttle, authorities are also minding the world wide web. So far, online forums, the website of a local human rights organisation and that of a political society have been shut for breaking the rules of what many describe as being an oppressive Press and Publications Law. Also, three bloggers were detained briefly for operating a popular Arabic language online forum, which is still blocked in Bahrain. [...]
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