Comments on: Bahrain: Scores of Websites Blocked

By: Global Voices in Swahili » Bahrain: Mabloga Waungana Kupinga Uamuzi wa Kufungwa Kwa Tovuti

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:01:36 +0000

[...] wa Bahrain wanaujia juu uamuzi wa Waziri wa habari wa nchi hiyo wa kuzuia upatikanaji wa tovuti mbalimbali, kadhalika kuzuia matumizi ya tovuti vivuli [proxy sites] [...]

By: Global Voices in het Nederlands » Bahrain: Bloggers strijden samen tegen blokkeren websites

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 13:22:44 +0000

[...] in Bahrain zijn woedend over de beslissing van hun minister van Informatie om de toegang te blokkeren [en] naar websites en naar proxy sites waarmee internetters via een omweg toegang hebben tot [...]

By: BD_20

BD_20 — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:01:38 +0000

In all honesty I don’t see the sense in blocking access to internet sites. We will just go around the proxy block. The internet is just to vast a place to censor, the government has truly gone bonkers on this one.

By: Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Bloggers united against decision to block websites

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:30:50 +0000

[...] in Bahrain are fuming at a decision by the country's Minister of Information to block access to scores of websites, as well as prevent access to proxy sites which enable surfers to get [...]

By: Bad Karma

Bad Karma — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:36:47 +0000

personally I could care less about porn and politics being blocked , but what really gripes me is removing art community websites from the net. I mean What the hell?! is Rembrandt secretly plotting against you? is Picaso the devil’s advocate to you? I noticed a pattern in Bahraini Law , new laws passed down will contradict older ones. i mean you wage a war on the internet.. yet underage kids are still getting drunk in night clubs … you take away certian videogame titles off shelves for their content… yet prostitutes still fill hotels all over Manama .. WOW the level of intelligence and common sense in these people is just stagering. butch of old geezers trying to give themselves some perpose or value.. GET A HOBBY SHEESH!!

It’s like a story streight out of Goerge Orwell’s head come to life.

By: upset

upset — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:00:27 +0000

Bahrain? a big kindergarten? but still gayclubs, prostitution, alcohol, access to xxx movies via a hacked dreamboxes, xxx torrent downloads etc etc. it seems that the gouvernment is not getting money for the websites which were blocked… Bahrain, go ahead and block everthing also the brains of your natives… and stay in the middle age. your artificial islands, your uncontrolled traffic, your enviroment pollution will not bring any tourists to bahrain.
You just set the wrong priorities to keep your island clean, keep ongoing…a day you will reach the first priority..but go ahead, before the north and south pole is melting, than you will need an underwater world

By: Sykop4th

Sykop4th — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:46:22 +0000

You can’t stop free speech, Bahrain. Nothing short of unplugging the entire island from an Internet connection will stop us. Any effort to censor the Internet will be met with futility. It is time to wise up, you incompetents. Let the Bahraini people choose for themselves what they want to do, what they want to see and what they want to say. We are not cattle to be directed. We are human beings and this is a violation of human rights. No wonder Bahrain is a nobody country.

By: bujace

bujace — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 09:51:01 +0000

can someone explain why deviantart.com got blocked :(
it’s only an art fanbase where we can show our graphic designing talents :( it has nothing to do with anything!!

By: Mahmood

Mahmood — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:24:52 +0000

I’m very glad to find other citizens who are equally outraged by the latest assault on our civil rights. I urge every one to take action. Emailing international human rights groups doesn’t sound like a terrible idea to me, for instance.

By: Bahrainwhygo there now

Bahrainwhygo there now — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:25:17 +0000

SO, this is the “forward thinking, lets promote tourism Bahrain” ???

Jeez…. this country is going backwards instead of forwards…

By: Hussain Almomen

Hussain Almomen — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:57:55 +0000

bringin a war to the NET !!!

we hav a very funy goverment …

Im sure they really dunno wat to do

every day i c a new funy movement ^_^… IDIOTS ^_^…

ALLAH KAREEM…

By: Ayesha Saldanha

Ayesha Saldanha — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:52:31 +0000

Google Translate is blocked; it depends on which way you access it. I assume it has been blocked because you can enter a web address instead of just text, and get a translated version of that page in its original format – thereby circumventing the ban.

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:46:50 +0000

Google Translate is not blocked for me and 2 other Bahrainis I’ve checked with.

By: Amira Al Hussaini

Amira Al Hussaini — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:57:47 +0000

Google Translate is definitely blocked though and my question is why?

By: Esra'a

Esra'a — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:42:40 +0000

Google.com is not blocked here unless your search revolves around proxies. Anything with “proxy” or “proxi” in the domain is an automatic ban.

What’s funny is this:

The first day of the ban there was a phone and fax number listed. It said something like, “if you think the ban should be lifted please contact us and tell us why.”

Two days later this phone and fax number were gone!