Comments on: Egypt: Blogging Behind Bars

By: Elijah

Elijah — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:23:51 +0000

Try, for a start, http://en.freefouad.com/
http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/03/29/bahrain-blogger-in-jail-for-four-months/
http://freeali.blogspot.com/

By: Preeta

Preeta — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:52:40 +0000

Thanks Elijah. I looked up google for info on bahraini and saudi bloggers who were jailed…not sure how long ago. Didn’t get any good results. Any links you can recommend?

By: Elijah

Elijah — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:53:53 +0000

It’s a good question, Preeta. Bloggers don’t get computers in prison. They smuggle out handwritten posts with visitors, who then go home and post them on the jailed blogger’s blog.

By: Preeta

Preeta — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:05:53 +0000

Maybe its a lame question – but I don’t understand how bloggers get access to a computer and internet when they are in prison. If the government knows thaat they blog against the government, wouldn’t the first logical thing be to forbid them access to a computer and the internet? Well, it’s interesting to see how freedom of speech is trickling out through blogs – but I’ve had this query for a long time. Answer anyone?

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…My heart’s in Accra » Prison blogging — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 23:04:12 +0000

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Byte The Bit » Blog Archive » Un blog dalla prigione — Tue, 06 Jun 2006 15:44:38 +0000

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By: andy carvin

andy carvin — Sun, 14 May 2006 00:51:16 +0000

Actually, Alaa is not the first person to blog from prison. In the USA, Vernon Lee Evans is blogging from death row, waiting to be executed for murder. He hand-writes his blog entries and has them posted from the outside, which is what I understand Alaa is doing.