Stories about Tunisia from November, 2005
Echoes from the Tunisian blogosphere
The 8th Tunisian blogger meetup was held last Friday with international guests Rebecca MacKinnon, Jeff Ooi, Mite Nishio and Isam Bayazidi. A lot of blogs followed here, here, here, here and here. Adib, Chouchitou and Metal Mad write (in French) about the death of famous and passionate Tunisian photographer Bechir...
Tunisian blogger dinner
On Friday night I had the pleasure of joining the 8th Tunisian Bloggers Meetup, along with fellow WSIS participants Jeff Ooi of Malaysia and Isam Bayazidi of Jordan. After the craziness of the past several days, it was really nice to leave the conference behind, just talk about blogging, and...
WSIS: repression
Jangbalajugbu Homeland Stories posts on yesterdays Global Voice workshop “Expression under Repression”…………….Yesterday we listened to first hand expriences of people blogging in coutries like China, Zimbabwe and Iran, where there is a massive censorship going on.Bloggers from these three countries told us about the fears they entertain daily and the...
WSIS:
Black Star Journal wonders who made the decision to hold the WSIS in Tunisia – a country that does its utmost to repression free expression. “ What's next? A world summit on good governance held in Harare?”
WSIS: Defending Freedom of Speech in Tunisia
Despite the odds, we managed to pull off our “Expression Under Repression” seminar here at the World Summit For Internet and Society. This was largely thanks to the strong spine of our sponsors, the Dutch NGO Hivos, who fended off a phalanx of plainclothes police who tried to shut us...
Video Blog from WSIS: Negroponte's $100 Laptop
Eight-minute video documentary of the prototype of Nicholas Negroponte's $100 laptop, which premiered yesterday at the WSIS summit in Tunis. Andy Carvin talks with the chief technology officer of the initiative and gets a first-hand look at this highly anticipated device.
WSIS in Tunisia: governance issue settled, free speech issue boils
Here at the World Summit on the Information Society in Tunis, a compromise has been reached on internet governance. Now the spotlight turns to free speech issues and the Tunisian government's heavy-handedness against dissidents and journalists. In addition to the copious news reporting, bloggers are hard at work. Be sure...
Tunisia: Blogs Ban Left
Neila Charchour Hachicha says that here blog, the PLM's website and a number of dissident sites and blogs are accessible again in Tunisia. She hopes these are not just ponctual measures taken only before the WSIS in order to give a better image of the Tunisian regime.
Eid Around the World
Today was the first day of Eid Al Fitr around most of the Muslim countries and communities around the world. According to the Hijri calendar, this day marks the end of Ramadan and breaking the fast, which is what the word Fitr means. However, while that is shared between all...
