Comments on: Kuwait: Blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh Arrested

By: Global Voices Online » Blogger of the Week: Abdullatif Alomar

Global Voices Online » Blogger of the Week: Abdullatif Alomar — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 22:57:00 +0000

[...] the arrest and release of Bashar Al Sayegh effected the way bloggers write? At the start it sparked fear in many bloggers. Some stopped [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Kuwait: Crazy Week for Bloggers

Global Voices Online » Kuwait: Crazy Week for Bloggers — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:09:51 +0000

[...] Kuwaiti reporter, who also operates a blog, was arrested by the State security as covered reported earlier by GV. He was then released on Wednesday – after spending around three days held up in a cell and [...]

By: Minter Dial

Minter Dial — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 20:47:55 +0000

We are getting into a very unfortunate zone when a blogger can be held accountable for a comment that is posted on his/her blog. At that level, there should be a widespread campaign — with the appropriate level of transparency — about the suggested guidelines (like having a comment policy) and the country’s laws holding bloggers accountable.,,if the government is legally able to position it as so. Afterwards, we get into the grey zone of whether anonymous commenting should be allowed. Comments can come in from overseas. But so should alternative news stations (just as Al Jazeera should be allowed to be aired in the West). And, just like secret balloting, anonymity in commenting allows for a greater degree of honesty, if not ‘truth.’ Fear (of reprisal) closes down such honesty. It would seem that, given the worldwideness of the net, some international court should weigh in with a defense of democracy, or at least freedom of speech.

By: Decentering Damascus: Stop Internet Censorship

Decentering Damascus: Stop Internet Censorship — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:31:18 +0000

[...] of our Arab World.Again, in a very similar case, Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh was arrested [He was released today] yesterday for an anonymous comment left on his forum.If you read this, [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Kuwait: Jailed Blogger Released

Global Voices Online » Kuwait: Jailed Blogger Released — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:13:15 +0000

[...] a local and regional outcry, jailed Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh was released in Kuwait earlier today. While some bloggers [...]

By: Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh released! at Global Voices Advocacy

Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh released! at Global Voices Advocacy — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 15:08:30 +0000

[...] has been reported that Bashar Al-Sayegh, the Kuwaiti blogger who has been arrested earlier this week for comment posted by an anonymous on his forum, has been released. Share [...]

By: Global Voices Online » Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh released!

Global Voices Online » Kuwaiti blogger Bashar Al-Sayegh released! — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:55:14 +0000

[...] has been reported that Bashar Al-Sayegh, the Kuwaiti blogger who has been arrested earlier this week for comment posted by an anonymous on his forum has been released. Share [...]