Comments on: Tunisia: Opening prisons to the world http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:21:58 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ralfi http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-1457247 Ralfi Tue, 20 May 2008 09:01:19 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-1457247 http://tunisie-harakati.mylivepage.com http://tunisie-harakati.mylivepage.com

]]> By: aleisha http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-1403829 aleisha Sat, 08 Mar 2008 13:47:56 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-1403829 I am very concerned having read these posts and looked at the videos. I am worried about a friend in Tunis who I am trying to help at the moment. He has been arrested and is waiting for judgement. Can anyone give me an honest and generic explanation of what will happen to him and if the police are as brutal as is suggested will he have to raise Bail and money in order to be released, because that is what I have been informed. I am very worried about him ..Thanks I am very concerned having read these posts and looked at the videos. I am worried about a friend in Tunis who I am trying to help at the moment. He has been arrested and is waiting for judgement. Can anyone give me an honest and generic explanation of what will happen to him and if the police are as brutal as is suggested will he have to raise Bail and money in order to be released, because that is what I have been informed. I am very worried about him ..Thanks

]]> By: Tunisia: Opening prisons to the world [via GV/WITNESS] « The Hub - the global platform for human rights media and activism http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-1202027 Tunisia: Opening prisons to the world [via GV/WITNESS] « The Hub - the global platform for human rights media and activism Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:02:23 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-1202027 [...] 27, 2006 in Human Rights [Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices [...] [...] 27, 2006 in Human Rights [Originally published here as part of WITNESS’s collaboration with Global Voices [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Meet Sami Ben Gharbia, Global Voices’ new Advocacy Director http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-1112805 Global Voices Online » Meet Sami Ben Gharbia, Global Voices’ new Advocacy Director Mon, 14 May 2007 18:56:38 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-1112805 [...] Sami is an experienced human rights campaigner, a Tunisian who has lived in exile in the Netherlands for the past seven years. He first joined the GV community as a result of the comments thread when we featured his Tunisia Prison Map back in September 2006. This innovative and exciting mashup of different digital media and tools subsequently gained much attention in the media. [...] [...] Sami is an experienced human rights campaigner, a Tunisian who has lived in exile in the Netherlands for the past seven years. He first joined the GV community as a result of the comments thread when we featured his Tunisia Prison Map back in September 2006. This innovative and exciting mashup of different digital media and tools subsequently gained much attention in the media. [...]

]]> By: Global Voices Online » Online Freedom for All: Some cases worth supporting http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-1021410 Global Voices Online » Online Freedom for All: Some cases worth supporting Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:44:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-1021410 [...] The following is an extract from the rough translation that was published previously on Global Voices: I am asking myself if they treated me like that, how about my husband? One told me: you are the wife of Mohamed? He threw me on the floor with rage, and was sweeping the floor with my body, my shoes were off, my bag dropped down, I was screaming until voiceless. He did not consider that I was a woman, that I did nothing to him, that I came for my husband. He had no respect neither for the court, nor the judge, nor the lawyers. These people know no limits, they are like beasts that were put on starvation for 3 days and then released after their victim. [...] [...] The following is an extract from the rough translation that was published previously on Global Voices: I am asking myself if they treated me like that, how about my husband? One told me: you are the wife of Mohamed? He threw me on the floor with rage, and was sweeping the floor with my body, my shoes were off, my bag dropped down, I was screaming until voiceless. He did not consider that I was a woman, that I did nothing to him, that I came for my husband. He had no respect neither for the court, nor the judge, nor the lawyers. These people know no limits, they are like beasts that were put on starvation for 3 days and then released after their victim. [...]

]]> By: Blogging Tunisia: whisper! at [fikra] فكرة http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-645155 Blogging Tunisia: whisper! at [fikra] فكرة Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:26:37 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-645155 [...] Commenting Affaire de microcosms [Fr] (a text that Houssein published following the article of Sameer Padania on Global Voices) Leilouta noted that few Tunisian bloggers deleted her from their blogroll [Fr] after she has posted a photoshopped picture of the Tunisian president Ben Ali. I asked her by mail if she can explain this action: “Maybe they were part of Ben Ali’s family! Or they were addicted to my blog and just needed to go cold turkey to get on with their lives. Seriously, I think it’s understandable given the situation. Voicing opposing views or having fun with photoshop can cause ‘problems’ and it may not be worth the risk for everyone. I don’t think my pictures were risky but…not everyone reading has the same sense of humor I do.” [...] [...] Commenting Affaire de microcosms [Fr] (a text that Houssein published following the article of Sameer Padania on Global Voices) Leilouta noted that few Tunisian bloggers deleted her from their blogroll [Fr] after she has posted a photoshopped picture of the Tunisian president Ben Ali. I asked her by mail if she can explain this action: “Maybe they were part of Ben Ali’s family! Or they were addicted to my blog and just needed to go cold turkey to get on with their lives. Seriously, I think it’s understandable given the situation. Voicing opposing views or having fun with photoshop can cause ‘problems’ and it may not be worth the risk for everyone. I don’t think my pictures were risky but…not everyone reading has the same sense of humor I do.” [...]

]]> By: Jikomboe » Tuzo za Blogu Duniani: Mpigie Kura Mwanablogu wa Afrika http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-2/#comment-320004 Jikomboe » Tuzo za Blogu Duniani: Mpigie Kura Mwanablogu wa Afrika Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:42:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-320004 [...] Moja ya mambo ambayo Sami ameweza kufanya kuonyesha jinsi ambavyo teknolojia hizi zinaweza kuwa nyenzo za kutoa elimu na taarifa kuhusu masuala ya haki za binadamu. Akitumia teknolojia ya blogu, video, flash, na ramani-google, anaonyesha ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu nchini Tunisia. Bonyeza hapa uone Tunisia Prison Map. Bonyeza hapa usome zaidi kuhusu habari hiyo ya Tunisia Prison Map toka Global Voices na mradi wa Witness. Mradi wa Witness unawezesha watu wa kawaida kuripoti unyama na madhambi ya watawala kwa kutumia teknolojia ya video. Hivi sasa mradi huu unashirikiana na Global Voices, bonyeza hapa utazame kazi za ushirikiano huu. [...] [...] Moja ya mambo ambayo Sami ameweza kufanya kuonyesha jinsi ambavyo teknolojia hizi zinaweza kuwa nyenzo za kutoa elimu na taarifa kuhusu masuala ya haki za binadamu. Akitumia teknolojia ya blogu, video, flash, na ramani-google, anaonyesha ukiukwaji wa haki za binadamu nchini Tunisia. Bonyeza hapa uone Tunisia Prison Map. Bonyeza hapa usome zaidi kuhusu habari hiyo ya Tunisia Prison Map toka Global Voices na mradi wa Witness. Mradi wa Witness unawezesha watu wa kawaida kuripoti unyama na madhambi ya watawala kwa kutumia teknolojia ya video. Hivi sasa mradi huu unashirikiana na Global Voices, bonyeza hapa utazame kazi za ushirikiano huu. [...]

]]> By: sami http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289830 sami Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:35:01 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289830 Thanks to Alyssa, our colleague in nawaat, the English translation of the backgrounder is now available her: http://www.kitab.nl/2006/09/29/en-tunisian-prisons-map/ To Merriadoc: How said that I did not ask Hussein to be listed in the tn-blogs aggregator. I did it but… More info about both side of the story here (see also the comments): http://www.kitab.nl/2005/12/20/blogs-tunisiens-des-zones-touristiques/ I'm glad to announce that Tunisian Prison Map is featured as the mashup of the day (29 Sept 06) at ProgrammableWeb.com . It gets an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. :) Thanks to Alyssa, our colleague in nawaat, the English translation of the backgrounder is now available her:

http://www.kitab.nl/2006/09/29/en-tunisian-prisons-map/

To Merriadoc:

How said that I did not ask Hussein to be listed in the tn-blogs aggregator.
I did it but…
More info about both side of the story here (see also the comments):
http://www.kitab.nl/2005/12/20/blogs-tunisiens-des-zones-touristiques/

I’m glad to announce that Tunisian Prison Map is featured as the mashup of the day (29 Sept 06) at ProgrammableWeb.com . It gets an average rating of 4.5 stars out of 5.

:)

]]> By: Houssein http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289799 Houssein Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:20:24 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289799 Thanks Sameer. All I have to say is that I think you should have tried to discuss with some tunisian bloggers, and try to get the other side of the story before making any judgement. Thanks Sameer. All I have to say is that I think you should have tried to discuss with some tunisian bloggers, and try to get the other side of the story before making any judgement.

]]> By: Sameer Padania http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289739 Sameer Padania Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:48:29 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289739 I've just read this piece by Houssein, over at Hou-Hou Blog [fr]: http://houblog.net/article/1110-tunisie-blogs-politique It's a robust defence of why Sami's video/Google Maps mashup hadn't appeared on Tunisian blogs sooner. (Houssein set up TN-blogs.com which I mention above.) I’ve just read this piece by Houssein, over at Hou-Hou Blog [fr]:

http://houblog.net/article/1110-tunisie-blogs-politique

It’s a robust defence of why Sami’s video/Google Maps mashup hadn’t appeared on Tunisian blogs sooner. (Houssein set up TN-blogs.com which I mention above.)

]]> By: Merriadoc http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289711 Merriadoc Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:31:47 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289711 If you want to be listed in one aggregator, you have to ask, isn't it ? Why not asking to Houssein, the man who launched tn-blogs.com, before talking about banishment ? I can't read a line where you are saying that you've asked him, before writing your article. Maybe it would have been a good thing. If you want to be listed in one aggregator, you have to ask, isn’t it ?

Why not asking to Houssein, the man who launched tn-blogs.com, before talking about banishment ?
I can’t read a line where you are saying that you’ve asked him, before writing your article.

Maybe it would have been a good thing.

]]> By: sami http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289703 sami Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:55:52 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289703 Hi Rebecca, I will take a look @. We have planned to subtitle the videos with QuickTime. We’ve done the translation of almost all the videos, to French and to English. Hope, it will be soon available online. Hi Rebecca, I will take a look @. We have planned to subtitle the videos with QuickTime. We’ve done the translation of almost all the videos, to French and to English. Hope, it will be soon available online.

]]> By: The Arabist » Map of Tunisian political prisons http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289622 The Arabist » Map of Tunisian political prisons Fri, 29 Sep 2006 06:35:50 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289622 [...] There’s a fascinating post over at Global Voices on the Tunisian blogosphere. As many of you know, Tunisia is one of the most information-repressive countries in the Arab world. It has what’s probably the most advanced censorship authorities in the region, and very actively monitors the internet, taps phones, follows dissidents and threatens them. The very nature of the regime is that it is a police state, run by the police for the police — this is not a military regime or ruling family type regime. [...] [...] There’s a fascinating post over at Global Voices on the Tunisian blogosphere. As many of you know, Tunisia is one of the most information-repressive countries in the Arab world. It has what’s probably the most advanced censorship authorities in the region, and very actively monitors the internet, taps phones, follows dissidents and threatens them. The very nature of the regime is that it is a police state, run by the police for the police — this is not a military regime or ruling family type regime. [...]

]]> By: Rebecca MacKinnon http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289253 Rebecca MacKinnon Thu, 28 Sep 2006 13:16:25 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289253 Wow, Sami, thanks so much for that translation. It leaves me speechless. I wonder if we can find a way to take this translation and subtitle the video through http://dotsub.com ? Wow, Sami, thanks so much for that translation. It leaves me speechless.

I wonder if we can find a way to take this translation and subtitle the video through http://dotsub.com ?

]]> By: sami http://globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-289224 sami Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:50:13 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2006/09/27/tunisia-opening-prisons-to-the-world/#comment-289224 here is the translation of the video above. Spouse of political prisoner Mohamed Abbou (lawyer) "I do not know any thing about Mohamed [Lawyer Mohamed LaAbbou]! They do not inform us at all, like come to our home, or tell us orally, nor in writing, nor by phone. One can be kidnapped, a lawyer, during night time, like if he was a bandit, like in those mafia movies. Such behaviour is not worth of any government especially that it became obvious they dealt the same way not only with Mohamed but with many other prisoners. This is a common practice. It is sad, it is not a decent procedure. I am asking myself if they treated me like that, how about my husband? One told me: you are the wife of Mohamed? He threw me on the floor with rage, and was sweeping the floor with my body, my shoes were off, my bag dropped down, I was screaming until voiceless. He did not consider that I was a woman, that I did nothing to him, that I came for my husband. He had no respect neither for the court, nor the judge, nor the lawyers. These people know no limits, they are like beasts that were put on starvation for 3 days and then released after their victim. In the parlour there were always policemen, at least 3 and the maximum was 16. Some were standing next to me, some in the middle and others next to my husband Mohamed. " here is the translation of the video above.

Spouse of political prisoner Mohamed Abbou (lawyer)

“I do not know any thing about Mohamed [Lawyer Mohamed LaAbbou]! They do not inform us at all, like come to our home, or tell us orally, nor in writing, nor by phone. One can be kidnapped, a lawyer, during night time, like if he was a bandit, like in those mafia movies. Such behaviour is not worth of any government especially that it became obvious they dealt the same way not only with Mohamed but with many other prisoners. This is a common practice. It is sad, it is not a decent procedure.

I am asking myself if they treated me like that, how about my husband? One told me: you are the wife of Mohamed? He threw me on the floor with rage, and was sweeping the floor with my body, my shoes were off, my bag dropped down, I was screaming until voiceless. He did not consider that I was a woman, that I did nothing to him, that I came for my husband. He had no respect neither for the court, nor the judge, nor the lawyers. These people know no limits, they are like beasts that were put on starvation for 3 days and then released after their victim.

In the parlour there were always policemen, at least 3 and the maximum was 16. Some were standing next to me, some in the middle and others next to my husband Mohamed. “

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